There is a cool underground aquarium well worth the penny extra they charge for admission. The tanks have sea and fresh water pumped continuously into them by a gas engine. Here is to be seen a beautiful collection of fish: trout, lobsters, eels, carp, flat-fish, cray-fish, king-crabs, dog-fish; some beautiful sea-anemones, a large number of sea-horses (most fascinating to watch), tortoises, a salamander from Japan, and a tiny seal in a tank and pretty grotto. We next come to some crane pens and duck-ponds, chamois among some rocks, a number of ostriches, and the inevitable herd of Shetland ponies. CHAPTER XXVII ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN, FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN: DIRECTOR, D. SEITZ This Garden was founded in 1858. In 1895 the income was £10,250, and in 1900, £12,850--an increase of 25 per cent. in five years. The vexatious custom of taking away one’s camera is in vogue also here. On entering the Garden, which has an extent of seventeen and a half acres, the visitor will be struck at once by the care taken of the roads, paths, lawns, and flower-beds. The parrot stands are first encountered, leading to an aviary containing a fine collection of peacocks and Argus pheasants. Passing the band-stand and a pond on our right, we come to a large lion house. This is quite one of the best constructed lion houses in Europe, and contains a young pair of black-maned lions from Somaliland, and a pair of Abyssinian lions, the male of which was given to Baron von Erlanger, the famous traveller, by the Negus Menelik during the former’s last African expedition. The female was given by Ras Makonnen. There is also to be seen here a Siberian tiger. In summer this animal loses its thick coat, which comes off in large flakes. Close by is a house for smaller cats, and here I noticed a very pretty little light-coloured fox, which has so far gone unnamed. It was presented by Baron von Erlanger. The collection of marsupials is very fine, no less than twenty kangaroos being bred there. The following are represented: the red kangaroo (_Macropus rufus_), the great gray kangaroo (_M. giganteus_), the black-tailed wallaby (_M. ualabatus_), the wallaroo (_M. robustus_), the red-necked kangaroo (_M. ruficollis_), _derliganus_, _conspicillaris_, _frenatus_, and _penicillatus_. There are also three species of wombats (_Perameles_), including _Phascolomys wombat_, _P. latifrons_, _belidens_, _echidna_, etc. There is a duck-billed platypus, and a squirrel as large as a cat.