There was a female white deer, presented to Hagenbeck by the German Emperor. There were some of the rare Dobowsky’s deer, found only in the possession of the Duke of Bedford. There was a pair of brindled gnus, taken in exchange from Dr. Sclater. There were Caucasian deer, axis deer, Sambur deer, and wapiti deer. There was an enormous dromedary from Russian Turkestan, the largest species of its race. There were Siberian roe-deer with enormous horns as big as our red deer’s. There was an Alcal sheep from Russian Turkestan, and two sorts of ibex (one very tall) from Central Siberia. These animals, Hagenbeck says, will be found to be new to science, also one from the Pamir district, price £100! Hundreds of packing-cases, from one which held a rabbit to another which carried an elephant and her baby, filled a whole field. In the surrounding fields grazed llamas, yaks, and camels, where one would expect to find domestic sheep and cows. ‘And here, I suppose, in two years’ time we shall see half a dozen okapi grazing?’ I suggested. At last I had beaten Hagenbeck, for he shook his head, and answered: ‘They are hard to get--very hard to get!’ After partaking of coffee in the house, I shook Carl Hagenbeck by the hand, and thanked him for his kindness in showing me the most wonderful collection of animals in the world. To give some idea of the prices asked and obtained for animals, I take the following from Carl Hagenbeck’s catalogue: CARNIVORA. £ _s._ _d._ A pair of Nubian lions, four years old, tame, and performing 250 0 0 Male Nubian lion, nineteen months old 60 0 0 Female Somali lion, fine breeding animal, with three young ones, the lot 180 0 0 Male tiger from Siberia, one and a quarter years old 150 0 0 Puma, three and a half years old 30 0 0 Male leopard from Sumatra 25 0 0 Striped hyæna, three years old 15 0 0 Twelve polar bears, performing together, the lot 900 0 0 Thirty-three animals, all together in one huge cage-- 1 male Somali lion, nine years old. 1 male Senegal lion, two years old. 2 male Nubian lions, eighteen months old. 3 male Nubian lions, fourteen months old. 1 male Bengal tiger, two years old. 2 female Bengal tigers, two years old. 3 male Siberian tigers, two years old. 1 male Indian leopard, three years old. 3 polar bears. 5 Thibetan bears. 2 sloth bears. 2 Russian bears. 1 pair of striped hyænas and 5 large boarhounds. Price, including three caravans and properties 5,000 0 0 HAY-EATING MAMMALS.