Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Zoological Gardens, Zoology, Amusement

    Begins by urging people to visit the Zoological Society Gardens to see the new exhibits. Describes such features as the 'she-Gayal / That Bartlett [the superintendent of the Gardens] has brought from the Indies', the 'wolves from Thibet', the 'Arctonyx', a 'Panolia deer', a 'Pigeon that sings, / And one with bronze wings', 'Polyplectrons and likewise a Loris', a monkey called 'Entellus', 'Demoiselle Cranes', several tortoises, and pelicans.