. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . n the upper floor. Visitors willdo well to ask one of the attendants to direct them to the Gold OrnamentRoom. It is there some of the most highly prized gems of the Museumare kept, together with the famous Portland Vase. The Museum is now open every day in the week. iS ■f^ ^ REGENTS PARK. Portland Road Station gives access to a part of the town which owesmost of its architectural features to Mr. John Nash, who flourished in thedays of the Regency. It was he who laid out Regents Pa
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . n the upper floor. Visitors willdo well to ask one of the attendants to direct them to the Gold OrnamentRoom. It is there some of the most highly prized gems of the Museumare kept, together with the famous Portland Vase. The Museum is now open every day in the week. iS ■f^ ^ REGENTS PARK. Portland Road Station gives access to a part of the town which owesmost of its architectural features to Mr. John Nash, who flourished in thedays of the Regency. It was he who laid out Regents Park, and built mostof the terraces of handsome houses which surround it. Regent Street isone of our most handsome thoroughfares, and Regents Park may vie withany other in picturesqueness. Its most attractive features are the avenuegardens, with their many tinted flower-beds and a beautiful fountain byWestmacott; the broad walk, lined with rows of noble trees; and the en-virons of the boating lake. A considerable portion of it has been ceded tothe Zoological Societv, whose gardens contain the largest and most. .3^ ZUULOGICAI. GAKl)h»Nb. curious collection of living animals in the world. Natives of every climehave been settled upon these few acres of land, and provided with habita-tions admirably adapted to render their involuntary confinement less irk-some. Here dwell in close proximity the growling bear from the ice-cladnorth, and the roaring lion from the scorching sands of Sahara ; the docileelephant captured in the jungles of India, and the chattering monkey fromthe primeval forests of South America; the dignified condor from the sum-mits of the Andes, and the gay-plumaged, screaming birds from the is no more delightful lounge in London than the gardens, especiallyon a Saturday afternoon, when a band discourses sweet music; nor a placewhere instruction can more pleasantly be combined with amusement. Thelions are fed at 4 oclock during the summer, and at 3 dur
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