GUIDE 
TO THE 
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, 
CALCUTTA. 
In the Calcutta Journal of Natural History , 1842, an 
article appeared from the pen of Dr. MacClelland advocat¬ 
ing the establishment of a Zoological Garden in Calcutta; 
but this praiseworthy proposal did not meet with any 
response at that time. 
In 1866, however, in an article in the Calcutta Review 
on “ The Indian Museum and the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal/’ the writer urged the founding of a Zoological 
Garden, pointing out its utility as a means of affording 
instruction and recreation, and of providing facilities 
for the study of the habits and instincts of animals, and 
opportunities for testing their capabilities for acclima¬ 
tization. He further urged the claims that such an 
institution had upon the consideration of Government. 
In the beginning of the following year, Sir Joseph 
Fayrer, then President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 
proposed *d scheme for the establishment of such an 
