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to run the merry-go-round for him. I stayed for a 

 week to get the enterprise started; then I went up 

 to the lumber mills to see if the lumbermen needed 

 elephants. When I returned to Singapore, I had a 

 commission for six large elephants. 



It was a better vacation than I could have had in 

 Europe. I had made many friends and attended to 

 some animal business and I had 700 clear profit in 

 my pockets. 



At my animal house I found a letter from Mr. 

 La Soeuf, the director of the Perth Zoological Gar- 

 dens, saying that he was anxious to get a rhinoceros 

 and asking what I could do for him. I did not want 

 to go into the jungle again immediately, for I was 

 afraid of a return of the fever, but I replied that I 

 would see what could be done and I sent out word 

 to all my native agents. Both Mr. La Souef and his 

 father, who was director of the gardens at Mel- 

 bourne, were great friends of mine, and their gar- 

 dens had been my best market for animals. Quite 

 naturally, I wanted to do everything I could to help 

 them, and so, when word came from an agent in 

 Trengganu that some rhinoceroses had been located 

 there, I packed up my kit and started out. 



At Trengganu, the Sultan welcomed me, and I 

 spent several days with him, telling him what was 

 happening in the world and discussing his problems. 

 The problems were largely financial. He owed 

 some money, and, knowing that he had something 



