
          992

* Since there are 2 lions, this makes 26 lbs. of fish a day.

them.  He feeds them four times a day at 7 and 10 in the morning and at
2 & 5 in the afternoon.  Each lion gets 3¼ lbs of fish each meal.  The 
keeper throws a fish into the pond and one of the lions goes for it, he then
throws one in a different direction for the other lion.  He, then, throws in fish
after fish.  This is done quite rapidly.  The animals are very quick in their
movements and do not spend any time in devouring their food, which is 
apparently swallowed whole.  Only once did one of the lions miss his fish.  In the
center of the pond is a small platform raised but a few inches above the 
surface of the water and shaded by <s>anoth</s> a stone roof raised about 3 feet
above it.  The keeper occasionally threw a fish <s>the</s> across this platform,
the lion would then go directly through this little shelter.  The time he
missed the fish, he thought it went through the shelter whereas it had
struck the roof and fallen into the water.  He did not search very long,
but came back in time to get his next fish.  Later, after all the fish
had been distributed, he found this fish, and it was amusing to watch
him play with it.  He now had plenty of time, and so the fish was eaten
slowly.  I now went towards Green Spring Av.  Along the avenue, I collected
pods of Paulownia, which are now ripe.  Most of them had already disseminated their
seeds and fell from the tree easily.  Beyond Shirley Lane, I entered the woods
on my right.  I proceeded at once to the Equisetum hiamale [hyemale] place and
        