Entering by the main entrance and turning as usual _to the left_, we reach the eastern aviary and the northern pond. Passing some llama pens and turning again to the left, a tunnel leads to some of the most important houses in the Gardens. After the parrot house, containing a very rich collection, we find the elephant house, which contains some remarkable animals--Indian and African elephants, Sumatran rhinos and Indian rhinos. This house has large open-air paddocks with water-tanks. ‘Jingo,’ the big African elephant, has been in the Gardens since 1882. We now come to Houses Nos. 60 and 61, containing the hippopotami and giraffes respectively. At the present time (July, 1902) there are two hippopotami, one giraffe of the Southern form, acquired in 1895, and two giraffes of the Northern form, just added. We next come to the wild asses and zebras, which form a series having no rival in Europe. Here are to be seen specimens of all the four known zebras--Burchell’s, Grévy’s, Grant’s, and the mountain zebra--besides the onager, the kiang, the Egyptian wild ass, and the Somali wild ass, the last with legs striped like those of a zebra. Passing the moose yard and retracing our steps, we come to the canal bridge, and after crossing it we are confronted with the northern aviary, pheasantries, and the insect house, in the last of which is to be seen (and felt) an electric eel, which kills or stuns with an electric shock the tiny fish thrown into its tank before it eats them. There are also some amusing talking-birds in this house. Passing over the bridge again, we come on the left to the small-cats’ house and the kangaroo sheds. Australians saw here for the first time kangaroos with young ones in their pouches, which shows how well they are treated here. Again passing through the tunnel, we come to the band-stand and the platform from which children mount the elephant. These elephant and camel rides are extremely popular forms of amusement in the Gardens, as may be judged from the money receipts: in 1900 no less than £624 13s. 11d. was taken. Close by is to be found a beautiful specimen of the snow leopard, captured in Thibet by my friend, Captain H. I. Nicholl, and presented by him to the Society. After lunch in House No. 38 (the refreshment-room), we find on the left the vultures’ aviary, and, crossing a lawn, we come to the fish house, the three-island pond, and the large central lawn, the latter a pretty sight on a fine Sunday afternoon, when covered with fashionably-dressed visitors.