Show rhey were item aud and frightened nt As ute tie discharge of firearms firearm it used to be an amusement and also a duty to we me to try and show the animals to native gentlemen when they came from their country seats to visit calcutta and I 1 invariably invited them to come with me to see the zoo says a writ ter in longmans magazine I 1 think that the giraffes puzzled them most one fine old hindom nobleman with whom I 1 have many a time been out tiger tier ti er shooting on his own property suggested eted that the giraffe was a new sort of tiger but he was comforted and convinced when he saw them eat th branch of a tree from my hand I 1 wish w ish that he could have been present to witness a performance by this pair of giraffes gira fles which I 1 did not see myself though fortunately lord william beresford saw it and told me of it on the morning of the queen s birthday d ay dereford Bero Derc tord ford was riding past the giraffe iri insure when a feu de joie was fired by the soldiers of a native infantry regiment whose quarters are not far from the zoo at the first round of the firing the giraffes I 1 were when the second round cu caio they took to their heels and jump clean over the fence of u upright p rl g t gurr in or wat atla sti sticks clis about ten feet digh that surrounded their inclosure when the third round came the gi were so puzz puzzled led that they turned round and popped over the fence again and koushi refuge in the house in which they were lodged at night it 11 is a great pity that a sportsman and rider like lord william 1 beresford who saw this strange sight sigl t had not a mount on one of the giraffes |