Close by the ostrich and rhea pens is a charming Egyptian house, with a pond in front of it, in which waded several storks, cranes, and sacred ibises. This was followed by a second duck-pond, backed by a large rockery. We now come to a very realistic scene in the shape of a rockery and pond containing seals and cormorants. This is followed by yet another duck lake. Passing on, we come to the elephant house. This house, built in 1880, contains elephants, a hippopotamus, buffaloes, and wild asses. There is an Indian elephant here which possesses the longest pair of tusks I have ever seen in a captive animal. (The largest African elephant, however, is in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris.) He is a remarkably fine-looking creature. In the centre of the hall is exhibited a pair of tusks which are very even, but not nearly so fine. The hippopotamus was roaring in fine style, turning back somersaults, and plunging about in a manner quite unusual in a captive specimen. In the same house were a smaller Indian elephant and quite a young African elephant. Next in order was a small-birds’ house containing German birds, with the eggs of each displayed in glass cases. In the antelope house were a pair of the Southern form of giraffe, Arabian gazelle, black buck, zebus, West African inyala, with four young ones born October 21, 1901, some nylgai, a young roan antelope, an _Oryx leucoryx_, and a pair of water-buck. In an outdoor shed and paddock was a magnificent American bison, shedding its winter coat. The lion house, built in a crescent shape, with indoor and outdoor cages, contains some remarkably fine animals. There are a number of lions and tigers in a cage together, a Cape hunting-dog, leopards, and hyænas. One lioness had the most brilliant yellow coat I have ever seen. Opposite the inside cages are glass cases containing some large crocodiles, lizards, tortoises, snakes, and salamanders. Close by is an extremely well-built and well-kept small-rodents’ house, full of rare little mammals. There are red river-hogs and the capybara, or great tailless rat of South America, as big as a small pig. During my rambles I lost a part of my camera, and spent a long time in looking for it. But, luckily, one of the keepers picked it up and very kindly found and gave it me, much to my relief. It was a most miserable day when I visited this Garden, and, of course, it did not look its best; still, it could not, I feel convinced, compare in beauty with many other smaller Gardens, though it is undoubtedly very wealthy in animals. CHAPTER XIX ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN, BERLIN: DIRECTOR, DR. HECK The history of the Garden at Berlin is divided into three periods; the first embraces the time of preparation and the foundation, from 1841 to 1869.