The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-24
Some OF the Attractions OF the Zoo,
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logical Gardens of London.
The Gardens of the Royal Geological
Society In London are situated on the
north side of the Regents Park, and of
the many Sunday recreations which it
is the fashion tor foreigners to neglect,
not the least popular is hat of walking
round the beautifully kept grounds in
the afternoon, and looking at the mag
nificent animals and birds which COM
pose the collection. A Fellows ticket
is required in order that admission may
be procured on Sunday, and although
there is no lack of attendance, the
crowd Is never inconvsniently large.
On the left of the entrance are the
cages of the lions, whittier for many
years Sir Edwin Landseer came day by
day to study for those long expected
lions at the foot of Nelson's monument
In Trafalgar Square; and but a little
further on Is large den of tigers, not
sufficiently to be admired for brightness
of coloring and symmetry of form. By
the groups that gather round them, one
would that tigers were very "a tractlve
animals, although certain misgiving
may be seen on the faces of two or
three of the young ladies when that
royal Bengal brute rears himself
against the bars OF his cage, standing
not one inch less than ten feet from the
floor to his fore paws.
So the young ladies hurry away to
where the badgers dwell, and very soon
recover their equanimity in watching
those sharp-nosed, bristling folk run
round and round their cage, one after
the other, tumbllng head over heels
in exactly the same spot.
But If the badgers are entertaining,
the seal in his pond is doubly interest
ing. Helooks so cool, and so fresh and
unconcerned; and still, in his tractabu-
ity under the influence Of extended bits
of bread, he Is as easily managed as a
child's toy fish by magnet in a basin
of water. And then as his shining
round head comes up for moment,
and his beautiful big eyes look round
him, the young ladies have just time
to think that their seal skin Jackets are
not bit like his coat, but that his eyes
are wonderful when he turns on his
back and goes down again. He will
bark like a dog when tie keeper comes
TO give him fish, and when he hears his
whistle in a distance he will whiSk
round the pond like a racer in pad
dock.
But little way of is the pond where
the sturgeon swims in state. A royal
hsh from time immemorial, he was
much disturbed in his mind not long
ago by the introduction into his waters
of a porpoise, which DR.. Frank Buck
land, one of the Bellows OF the So
ciety, procured, and with great dificul-
Y and expense transported to London.
The porpoise seems to have received
some injury about the head, and only
survived its arrival two days. ti
The gorgeous f1amingoes and the
very stolid looking Australian cranes
that stand about the banks of the orna-
mental water, hardly come in for as
their magnificent coloring and great
size entitle them to. But the pelicans
have no reason to complain in this par
ticular. Greediness is not a very pleas
ant thing TO witness; but whether the
struggles on the part of couple of
pelicans to swallow one fish at the
same time are regarded as an edifying
example for children, or whether their
apparently choking excites the COM
passion of the tender hearted, the
fact remains that pelicans of feeding
time are always surrounded by toll
erably numerous assemblage.
One of the prettiest and most agreea-
BILE houses is that of the kangaroos.
Kangaroos are simply delightful. They
are SO graceful, SO gentle in their move
ments. They look you in the face and
follow your glances. They have al
ways got such tremendous family of
young kangaroos, that It does not seem
possible Tor an instant that they can De
carried in pouch. and yet you are
never certain that you have really divi-
ded your biscuits among the young
ones. Let the last gingerbread nut be
fairly disposed of and eaten, and straight
way another little bright-eyed kan
garoo puts its head out, gives just
the shadow of hop, and looks up for
more.
The monkey house is Yerylittle vis-
tied. 1t is large structure of glass,
and is most ingeniously arranged; but
the shrieks and whistles of its inmates
are deafening, although on week days
the monkeys will behave themselves
with a certain amount of respectability,
their antics on Sundays are extarvagant
beyond measure, and they regard the
visitors as present on these occasions
expressly 10 be made faces at and glib
bered at. Not particularly honest at
any time with regard to their private
rights OF proprietorship to oranges,
nuts, and the tips of their tails, on Sun
days they consider ladies' pocket hand
kerchiefs public property, and an at.
tempt TO resist this notion on the part
of the most Notwithstanding and in
significant, brings down the objurga-
tions of the whole community.