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I istersund in northern Sweden. As business was quite poor there 

 Mr. Philadelphia decided to go to the yet smaller town of Strom 

 where there was at that time a large annual market fair being held. 

 Strom lies about on the 64th parallel of north latitude and its dis- 

 tance from Ostersund by a rather narrow road is over 55 kilometers. 

 The weather was cold, the temperature falling during the journey 

 to from — 12° to — 20 ° C. 



Mr. Philadelphia had made for the animal a covering of reindeer 

 skin and boots of the same material. In this dress she undertook 

 the journey. The snow was very deep and every time that the 

 caravan met a sledge the elephant had to step out of the road and 

 often sank up to her belly in the deep snow. The boots became wet 

 through and had to be taken oft. The greatest difficulties occurred 

 when the road passed over frozen water, because the elephant was 

 very unsteady on ice and often slipped down. 



On the first day more than half the journey was accomplished. 

 Towards evening the owner of the show hurried forward in a 

 sledge drawn by horses in order to prepare for Topsy a good warm 

 stall for the night. On the second day the caravan arrived at the 

 little town that had never before sheltered such a proboscidean ani- 

 mal. The elephant naturally drew a great crowd of people. The 

 Lapps who, together with the Swedish peasants, frequented the 

 market, could not gaze sufficiently at this wonderful animal from 

 distant India, though the elephant was rather a young specimen, 

 being only some eight years old. 



Immediately after the market was over Topsy and her master 

 undertook the return journey, she rich in glory, he in coin. Only a 

 slight frost crack on the external genitals showed the hardships she 

 had endured and this was soon healed up by careful attention. The 

 animal is now in full health and is certainly a remarkable example 

 of training. 



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