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Letter from Alfred Thomas Williams to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of live animals to reptiles at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Basil Wilberforce to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding sending a parrot to London Zoo for a few months

Letter from Edward Roche to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding birds and other animals being delivered, such as black necked swans, pheasants and antelope

Letter from William Pryor to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding a request to add labels to a great portion of the animals at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from W Masters to Joseph Sabine at Bruton Street regarding a present received by Canterbury Museum from S R Lushington, recently returned from India, comprising of 2 Hunt Leopards, 1 Royal Tiger and 2 Black Monkeys. They are currently in the West Indies Docks. The Museum has no facilities for handling them and asks to send for the animals to Regent's Park

Letter from W B Legros to David William Mitchell regarding a present sent by the Zoological Society to Colonel Bonford and an assurance that Colonel Bonford has in his care the animals gifted by the late Viceroy of Egypt to the Zoological Society of London. Also thanks from Mr Murray for a copy of 'Views'

Letter from F Lawrence, honorary secretary of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals, to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding an article in the Daily Chronicle about the treatment of animals in the zoo

Letter from J Lang of the Manchester branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to William Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of snakes at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Horlock to the Superintendent of the Zoological Society of London Garden asking for instructions as to transport by sea and enquiries as to the price of animals to be disposed of

Letter from S N A Drummond Hay regarding the shipping of animals by HM sloop 'Procuris', preliminary notice of proposed shipment of animals via Gibraltar, a few specimens that have been sent via a friend and agent in Gibraltar, thanks for the volume of Desmarish and confirmation that they will send to the Zoological Society of London every rare animal within their reach