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managed to seize him just as he was escaping into the coun- 

 try, and, with the help of several others, succeeded in shut- 

 ting him up again. The bear, however, refused his food, and 

 raved in so fearful a manner that, unless he could be quieted, 

 it was clear he would do some mischief 



On my arrival at his den, I found the poor brute in a most 

 furious state, tearing the wooden floor with his claws, and 

 gnawing the barricaded front with his teeth. I had no soon- 

 er opened the door than he sprang furiously at me, and 

 struck me repeated blows with his powerful paws. As, how- 

 ever, I had reared him from a cub, we had too often measured 

 our strength together for me to fear him now; and I soon 

 made him retreat into the corner of his prison, where he re- 

 mained howling in the most heartrending manner. It was 

 a most sickening sight to behold the poor creature with his 

 eyes bloodshot, and protruding from the sockets ; his mouth 

 and chest white with foam, and his body crusted with dirt. 

 I am not ashamed to confess that at one time I felt my own 

 eyes moistened. Neither blows nor kind words were of any 

 effect : they only served to irritate and infuriate him ; and I 

 saw clearly that the only remedy would be, either to shoot 

 him, or to restore him to his brother's companionship. I 

 chose the latter alternative ; and the purchaser of the other 

 bear, my kind friend Sir Henry Hunloke, on being informed 

 of the circumstance, consented to take this one also. 



Shortly after my arrival in London, Sir Hyde Parker, an- 

 other valued friend of mine, and " The King of Fishermen," 

 introduced me to Mr. Francis Galton, who was then just on 

 the point of undertaking an expedition to Southern Africa ; 

 his intention being to explore tha unknown regions beyond 

 the boundary of the Cape of Good Hope Colony, and to pene- 

 trate, if possible, to the recently discovered Lake Ngami. 

 Upon finding that I also had an intention of traveling, and 

 that our tastes and pursuits were in many respects similar, 

 lie proposed to me to give up my talked-of trip to the far 



