104 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 



It seemed that when the tiger first attempted to 

 break out of his cage on board the steamer and the 

 carpenter was ordered to get some boards and cover 

 the hole he had been tearing, as the head showed 

 against the opening the carpenter struck it with his 

 hammer. The deer and smaller animals became 

 terrified, and in their endeavor to escape, the deer's 

 legs got through the slats in the crates ; they broke 

 their legs and had to be killed. This I was told 

 later by Captain Edwards, who said it all happened 

 within a few minutes, Mr. La Souef running about 

 like a madman, begging this and that, getting in 

 the way of everybody, but no one paying any atten- 

 tion to him, and what with the excitement among 

 the passengers, the roaring of the tigers, barking 

 of the bears, chatter of monkeys and crying of the 

 smaller cats, and the frantic efforts of the deer to 

 break through the crates, he was only adding to the 

 confusion and disorder, until Captain Edwards 

 ordered the water hose brought into play to quiet 

 the animals. He told the carpenter to get some 

 boards and nail up the opening the tiger had made, 

 then having a sling put about the cage with the tiger 

 snarling and biting and tearing at the opening it 

 had started, but now covered by the planks, swung 

 it over the side of the ship and there it hung. The 

 captain then had the cages taken off the hatch and 

 placed against the side of the steamer, telling Mr. 

 La Souef that if he did not keep quiet he would have 



