Ornithological and Other Oddities 



his tameness interested every one. I once saw 

 him perched on the side of Nell, our pariah dog, 

 as she lay lazily on the sunny verandah. Nell 

 was a good-natured beast; whatever faults pariahs 

 may have, they are not wanting in attachment — 

 at least, in this part of the world. A little petting 

 made our bungalow alarm — I do not know what 

 sort of guard she would have made — so fond of 

 me that she would follow anywhere, and when I 

 put out from the pier at Mombasa to go on board 

 the homeward-bound steamer, she swam out so 

 far uhat I had to take her in for fear of sharks ; 

 and it was not without difficulty that we got her 

 off the steamer to be conveyed to the shore. One 

 would have thought that she knew I was leaving 

 for good, though it is difficult to see how she could 

 have found out, unless she associated much pack- 

 ing and carrying with a permanent removal from 

 the bungalow to which she had been for some time 

 attached. 



Mr. Remington had put on board the steamer 

 two older serval kittens for the Zoo, which had 

 just been sent him from Malindi. They were 

 undoubtedly fine specimens, but, being older and 

 unused to society, were none too amiable ; and 

 when mine was introduced to them at the time of 

 their first meal on board, there was a fearful- 

 sounding triple conflict, in which, however, no 



real harm was done, the only result being that 



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