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in sufficient nombre. . . Some 15,000, leaving the 
City after passing by St. Paul’s Churchyard, went 
<c directly to Westminster and so through the Sanctuary 
and round about the Park of St. James, and so up into 
the fields and came home through Mo]borne.” 
It was not until James Ids time that the Park began 
to be esteemed as a resort for those attached to the Court, 
Prince Henry, the elder brother of Charles I., made the 
til ting-ring on the site of the present Horse Guards’ 
Parade, and brought the enclosure more into vogue for 
games. James I. made use of the Park for his own 
hobbies, one of which was the encouragement of growing 
vines and mulberries in England. He planted consider¬ 
able vineyards, and in 1609 he sent a circular letter to 
the Lords-Lieutenant of each county, ordering them to 
announce that the following spring a thousand mulberry 
trees would be sent to each county town, and people 
were required to buy them at the rate of three-farthings 
a plant. To further prosecute his plan, the King set 
an example by planting a mulberry orchard at the end 
of St. James’s Park, The place afterwards became a 
fashionable tea garden, and Buckingham Palace is partly 
built on the site. The King kept also quite a large 
menagerie of beasts and birds presented to him by 
various crowned heads, or sent to him by friends and 
favourites. There are records of elephants, camels, 
antelopes, beavers, crocodiles, wild boars, and sables, 
besides many kinds of birds. The keepers of the 
animals received large salaries, and the cost of the care 
of these beasts would frighten the Zoological Society of 
to-day. No expense was spared to give the best and 
most suitable surroundings to the animals. For instance, 
as much as £286 was expended in 1618 by Robert 
