. Beasts & men; being experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animals. LIFE AT STELLINGEN 233 goats, and antelopes stand out prominently on the hillsides ; whilst below in the green valley may be seen brahma-zebus from India, grazing side by side with shaggy yaks from Mongolia, guanacoes from South America, and woolly lamas from Peru. Here also is to be found the great dromedary and the conspicuously marked zebra. Various kinds of deer which have come from distant lands mingle with their Ger- man congeners. Mighty buffaloes and tiny dwarf goats graze peaceably together ; and al
. Beasts & men; being experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animals. LIFE AT STELLINGEN 233 goats, and antelopes stand out prominently on the hillsides ; whilst below in the green valley may be seen brahma-zebus from India, grazing side by side with shaggy yaks from Mongolia, guanacoes from South America, and woolly lamas from Peru. Here also is to be found the great dromedary and the conspicuously marked zebra. Various kinds of deer which have come from distant lands mingle with their Ger- man congeners. Mighty buffaloes and tiny dwarf goats graze peaceably together ; and although all is peace and har- mony, the scene presented is one of incessant movement, the animals appearing to enjoy complete liberty. As one looks beyond this large prairie the spectacle pre- sented becomes still more remarkable ; for, only a few steps from where the herbivores are enclosed, a number of lions may be observed wandering about in a rocky gorge, not shut in by any fence ; while beyond these again a high mountain fills the horizon, on which may be seen all manner of Alpine creatures. Outlined against the sky beyond a markhor-buck stands on a lofty ridge; and, even as we watch, it gallops off and takes a flying leap over a deep chasm lying in its path. Just as on the plain below many dif- ferent animals are collected to- , 1 Flamingoes. gether, so also on this rocky mountain. Maned sheep from North Africa, the famous wild sheep of Siberia, large families of Hima- layan wild goats and many other species find here plenty of scope for the exercise of their rock-climbing proclivities. The liberty which is accorded to the animals, and which goes so far to relieve the distress that a life in captivity must mean, is not only apparent but real. In the case of the lions in particular there is amply sufficient space for them to exercise. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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