316 THE ODYSSEY OF AN ANIMAL COLLECTOR 
being fitted. Meanwhile, I think every press photographer and 
reporter in England made for Falmouth, or so it seemed to us. 
As we finally made our way up Channel to the Thames the 
chilly October winds howled around the deck, though all the 
crates had been protected as far as possible by strips of canvas 
nailed over cracks and ventilation holes. It was indeed a relief 
when the zoo ship docked at King George V dock in London 
seven weeks after leaving Mombasa. 
