23 MAY 1931, Page 14

* * * * This May the natural beauties would

be enough if there were no more animals than the skunks, wombats and llamas which were the only inhabitants when first I visited the place ; and the keeper's delightful spaniel puppies had still rabbits to pursue. The beast population is now, of course, quite considerable ; but while Whipsnade will improve as a zoo, it will never look more glorious than it looks now, and, indeed, sounds, for the birds are many and full of song as the plants are thick and full of blossom, and the trees in that stage of spring foliage which half reveals and half conceals the scenery behind them.