With one stroke of its leg it can swim from one side of the pond to the other, and although it crosses it a hundred times a day and catches gold fishes to while away the time, it never thinks of wandering away.
Further on, in a line against the wall, are some cages for rare animals from foreign lands destined for the Museum of Paris.

Most of the cages, however, were empty.

In front of one, in a narrow grated yard, a convict was teaching a young wild-cat to obey commands like a dog.

Hasn't this man had enough of slavery himself?
Why does he torment this poor little beast?
The lashes with which he is threatened he gives the wild-cat, which, some day, will probably take its revenge by jumping over the iron railing and killing the swan.
One moonlit evening, we decided to take a stroll through the streets known to be frequented by _filles de joie_.

They are very numerous.