HEN I have wan-

dered about the Zoo in a proper zig-zag ol a suitable derangement 3 when Samson has been nodded to, Bob the Dactrian chatted with,

and other acquaint-

T T | 7/ ances called upon ;

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and when a naturally lazy disposition sug- 7 RN gests arest, 1o hke oo Lo to sit opposite the | O R T great birdeage, which %~ o O is ollicially declared 7 ot a pond—the Night .~ /7 AR Herons’ Pond—and 5 7" look upon the small oenh / world there living . 7 and moving. Lvery- b

thing 1s busy—ducks, NS

oulls, herons, egrets, = 7

umbres, flamingoes, Tulls, spoonbills, sereamers—all but the

doves, who are lazy and sulky-—cach n his own particular

way. Lach, that 1s to say, in his own particular mecthod and action, for cach has the same object—something to cat. 1t is 2 wonderful thing to observe—this persistence of birds after something to cat. Capture almost any lird

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