Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 11705-h.htm or 11705-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/7/0/11705/11705-h/11705-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/7/0/11705/11705-h.zip) THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 20, No. 560] SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1832. [PRICE 2_d_. * * * * * THE ELEPHANTS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK. [Illustration: THE ELEPHANT, IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.] The annexed Engraving will probably afford the reader a better idea of the Zoological Gardens, than did either of our previous Illustrations. It is indeed a fair specimen of the luxurious accommodation afforded by the Society for their animals; while it enables us to watch the habits of the stupendous tenants in a state of nature, or at least, free from unnecessary restriction or confinement. It is an opportunity hitherto but rarely enjoyed in this country; the Elephants exhibited in our menageries being caged up, and only allowed to protrude the head outside the bars. The Duke of Devonshire, as our readers may recollect, possessed an Elephant which died in the year 1829: she was allowed the range of a spacious paddock at Chiswick, but her docility, intelligence, and affection, which were extraordinary, were only witnessed by a few visiters. In the _Jardin du Roi_, at Paris, the Elephant has long enjoyed advantages proportionate to his importance in the scale of creation. Six years since we remember seeing a fine young specimen in the enjoyment of an ample enclosure of greensward, and a spacious bath has since been added to the accommodations. This example has been rightly followed in our Zoologicai Gardens.