I 3 o WILD BROTHER 



feet. He must have weighed something more than 

 four hundred pounds. Though he was never put 

 on the scales after he left Belmont, his size and 

 weight could be estimated approximately by 

 comparing him with other animals whose weight 

 was definitely known. 



I took the last photograph of him when he was 

 seven years old. At the time he was playing with 

 a rake-handle held by a friend of mine, a man of 

 average height. It will be seen by comparing the 

 two figures in the picture that Bruno was an 

 animal of prodigious size. As he grew older, I went 

 to see him less frequently, until, during the latter 

 period of his life, I seemed to grow out of his 

 recollection. 



With his keeper, a man who had a special apti- 

 tude for handling animals, Bruno was a great favor- 

 ite. But, notwithstanding the fact that he recog- 

 nized this man as his master and seemed to have a 

 fondness for him, there came a day when the cir- 

 cumstance that I had been warned against hap- 

 pened. The keeper was cleaning the cage, and was 

 using a broom and a shovel. The latter he had left 

 on the floor, while he employed himself with the 

 broom. Just as the man was finishing his work, 

 Bruno picked up the shovel and began to play 

 with it. Being in a hurry, the keeper grasped the 

 handle and violently jerked it away. In a flash 



