io6 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 



Europe and took charge of the affairs of my animal 

 house in Orchard Road. When it was time to go 

 to the steamer, my Chinese coolie boy carried me. 

 He is the only Chinese I have ever seen cry; the 

 tears rolled down his cheeks as he carried me up the 

 gangplank and to my cabin, for he thought that he 

 should never see me again. I rather thought so 

 myself, but I figured that if they didn't drop me 

 into the Red Sea, which is the last resting-place of 

 so many people who have stayed too long in the 

 tropics, I should recover and live to return. 



Ali and the coolie waited faithfully for me during 

 the next year, while I traveled in Europe and 

 America, recuperating and gathering new commis- 

 sions for animals. And, when I came back, they 

 were on the dock to welcome me. 



Though my health was much improved by the 

 voyage I did not feel able to resume the active busi- 

 ness of collecting, and so I concentrated my efforts 

 upon my animal house and made it the largest place 

 of its kind. I had a monopoly of the business. 

 Mahommed Ariff, who had a large nuniber of 

 native collectors working for him, did much of his 

 dealing through me, and I had no difficulty in dis- 

 posing of all the animals brought in from the jun- 

 gles by our various agents. My largest market was 

 Australia, where I could sell the animals f. o. b. 

 Singapore without any of the risk of transportation. 

 Also, I made shipments to Hagenbeck, of Germany, 

 and Cross, of Liverpool. Because of the high 



