JVo. 3. — Buffalo House , 
the home of three young American Bisons (Bison americanus ); the 
two larger animals are females, the smaller one a male The Bison 
Alls the place in America that the Wisent does in the Old World, 
and like this animal is becoming extinct, though thousands of them 
still inhabit the great prairies of the far West. The destruction of 
this animal keeps pace with the march of civilization westward. 
Besides these Bison the Buffalo House contains an African 
Elephant (Elephas Africans) the property of Mr. George Weber. 
The Elephant belongs to the family of Pachydermataor thick- 
skinned animals, which includes the Elephant, Tapir, Swine 
Hyrax, Rhinoceros and Hippopotamus. There are two species of 
Elephants, the one inhabiting Asia, the other Africa. The African 
and Asiatic Elephants can easily be distinguished from each other 
by the dimensions of the head and the size of the ear. The Asiatic 
Elephant’s head is elongated, the forehead concave, and the ears 
of ordinary size, while the African Elephants head is much shor¬ 
ter, the forehead convex, and the ears of enormous magnitude. 
From this point a narrow stoneway leads up to one of the 
Main Avenues. Following it to the right we next arrive at 
Ho. 4, — Bony Inclosure 9 
containing nine Shetland Ponies placed on Exhibition by Mr 
John Robinson, of great interest to boy visitors. The ori«-inal 
home of these animals is said to have been the western part of 
Africa, thence they were taken to the Shetland Islands A few 
steps along the Avenue to the right, and If the weather is fine, the 
Visitor will catch sight of a busy scene. 
No * — Prairie Boy Village , 
About forty of these busy little creatures, a large number of 
whom are young, born in the Garden, have their home here. Their 
short tails are continuously kept in motion, except when eating 
w 11 ch they do in a sitting posture like the squirrel. When the 
little animals are frightened they give out a sharp yelping sound 
lescmbling the bark of a small dog and disappear in their burrows 
i ve a flash. Although, they occupy their village in common they 
never, no matter how great the confusion, mistake the dwellings 
of others for their own. ® 
The Prairie Dog (Arctomys marmotta ) makes its burrows at an 
angle of 40 degrees and after being sunk for some little distance 
