Zoological Gardens

Zoological Gardens (the), Regents Park, N. w. The popularity of these Gardens amongst Londoners is so that it the whole of the Metropolis were polled including the children, we question very much if any other permanent institution would gain half the number of votes.

The lions and the tigers, the seals and sea. lions the bears especially the Polar bears, the giraffes, the elephants, hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses, the camels, the kangaroos, the birds and parrots and parrakeets, only to be exceeded, to the children, by the monkeys, who, in their house, are visited on popular days by a crowd delighted by the antics and gesticulations of its inhabitants.

Whilst Gambier Bolton predicted that during the lifetime of the youngest of this generation many of the wild species of animals will have died Out through the pressure of advancing civilisation, let us hope it is false, and that "the Zoo" may be an institution of pleasure and instruction even when our children grow old.

It is a pretty sight on a fine summer afternoon to see the elephants, camels, and dromedaries carrying their living freight of merry children round the Gardens. Feeding times in summer are at 4 o'clock, and from November to February at 3 o'clock. It is an interesting time for visitors, and particularly so for the animals themselves. The Gardens are open from o'clock A. m. till sunset daily. On Sundays admission is only obtained by member's ticket.

A pleasant way of reaching the Zoological Gardens is by rail or 'bus to Portland Road Station, thence walking three. quarters of a mile through Regent's Park to the main entrance. The North entrance is half a mile from Chalk Farm, and three. quarters of a mile from St. John's Wood Road (metropolitan). The "waterloo" buses from Camberwell Gate, S. e. , come up from South of London via Waterloo Bridge, Strand, Regent Street, to Great Portland Street, on to Park Street, Camden Town, close to main entrance.