To give some idea of the provisions required by the 2,865 or so animals, birds, and reptiles in the Gardens, it may be mentioned that in 1901 there were consumed, besides many other items, 153 loads of clover, 238 loads of straw, 144 loads of hay, 185 quarters of oats, 34 quarters of barley, 39 quarters of wheat, 197 quarters of bran, 24 quarters of canary seed, 48 cwt. rice, 60 cwt. oil-cake, 6,262 quarterns bread, 5,086 quarts fresh milk, 303 cwt. of biscuit, 33,300 eggs, 341 horses (weighing 104 tons), 252 goats, 2,178 lb. flounders, 29,120 lb. whiting, 9,530 fowl heads, 6,030 bunches of greens, 1,306 dozen bananas, 36 cwt. monkey-nuts, 342 dozen lettuces. In Mr. Clarence Bartlett the Zoological Society is lucky in possessing a thoroughly practical and clever man as superintendent, and in Dr. Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., etc., the Society possesses as Secretary one of the most energetic, learned, and distinguished of zoologists in Europe. No wonder, then, that with such men at its head, and under the Presidency of His Grace the Duke of Bedford, this Garden has remained, and will remain, one of the best managed, the most healthy, and one of the richest in Europe. CHAPTER XXXIV THE GARDENS OF THE BRISTOL, BATH, AND WEST OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, CLIFTON The foundation of Zoological Gardens for Clifton and Bristol was first laid by the establishment of ‘the Bristol and West of England Zoological Society’ in 1835, when the twelve acres of land now laid out were purchased. The situation of this ground, better known nowadays as ‘the Clifton Zoo,’ lies at a high level north of Bristol. At the north entrance, outstretched as far as the eye can reach, extend the Clifton and Durdham Downs. Facing the south entrance is Clifton College, whilst in close proximity is the famous suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge.