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to bring them, cage and all, with great care to 

 their new home. 



Until I knew their size and something about 

 their requirements I could not very well prepare 

 a place for them, and I reckoned on their living in 

 the cage that they came in for a few days at least 

 after their arrival. What, then, was my dismay 

 when the lemurs arrived to find that they were 

 packed in a small hamper, and that no cage had 

 come with them, as it had been found too large 

 to be conveyed by any cab or other sort of 

 carriage. 



Plainly the poor animals could not stay in the 

 hamper, and I had nothing large enough to hold 

 them. They were so timid that I was afraid to 

 let them loose in the conservatory ; they might 

 have sprung up to the roof and remained there, 

 where it would be cold, and as I had been very 

 specially warned to guard them against draughts, 

 I was puzzled indeed to know what to do with 

 them. At last a large circular linen-basket was 

 found, which made a temporary home until we 

 could think of some better place in which to keep 

 them. 



