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amount of satisfaction than a good bath in such vleys 

 or water-holes as we may chance to come across, 

 when, if they are sufficiently deep, he will submerge 

 himself till nothing but his trunk and forehead are to 

 be seen. If teased at such times by the children, he 

 will blow water at them for a distance of several yards, 

 and almost with the force of the discharge from a 

 small steam-engine, a feat intensely relished by the 

 performer, but objected to by those operated upon. 

 I have a small musical box, which I frequently carry 

 in my pocket, after having wound it up and set it 

 going. The tunes evidently caused Jumbo great 

 room for thought and curiosity as to how the 

 noise is produced. At first, he appeared afraid, 

 but fear has now been supplanted by pleasure, for, 

 if capering can be called dancing, then my pet 

 certainly does dance. This performance is far from 

 graceful ; still, the regularity with which he moves 

 his limbs indicates his intention of keeping time. 



A HOTTENTOT PATRIOT. 



In 1879, a Hottentot, named by white traders and 

 hunters Cigar, saved my life when I was endeavour- 

 ing to enlist men among the Bechuana tribes for 

 service in Zululand ; but as I have elsewhere narrated 

 the matter, I will pass it over and tell how he again 

 did so only a few years since. 



