becomes chill and misty, though

The weary sun hath made a golden set,
And, by the bright track of his fiery ear,
Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow:

the several animals indicate their sense of the atmospheric changes by
their decreased activity, reminding us of the comparative torpidity in
which the majority of them will pass the coming winter.

The present Cuts represent a few of the recent improvements in
the Zoological Gardens, as, the addition of the clock-house and
weathercock[5] to the Llama House.

[5] By the way, a natural weathercock instead of the gilded
vane, as defined by Brown, would have been a _rara avis_: "A
kingfisher hanged by the bill, converting the breast to that
point of the horizon whence the wind doth blow, is a very
strange introducing of natural weathercocks."

[Illustration: (_Llama House._)]

Opposite is the sloping gravel walk leading from the Terrace; and
a large cage for Parrots, Parrakeets, Macaws, and Cockatoos, whose
brilliant colours are here seen to advantage in the resplendent beams
of a September sun. In the distance are the Bear Pole and Shed for
Goats.

[Illustration: (_Armadillos._)]