My Friend the Elephant 103 



by sight ; and it never for a moment entered my 

 head that he could or would remember or recognize 

 me. Imagine my amazement, therefore, when, in 

 the midst of all the excitement of landing and the 

 strange surroundings, he recognized me the moment 

 our eyes met. That same wonderful trunk sought 

 my hand, and I felt the same cordial pressure he had 

 given it years before in London. I was decidedly 

 pleased, as I think anyone would have been under 

 the circumstances. It seemed very natural and nice 

 to see my huge friend again, and quite natural to see 

 Scott his keeper, and to find also that the l Baby 

 Elephant ' had been brought along, partly for exhibi- 

 tion purposes and partly to keep the big fellow 

 company. 



I hardly need to recount in detail his career 

 thereafter, for c Jumbo ' was under the focus of 

 thousands of eyes every day during the remainder of 

 his life. How well he behaved himself under the 

 trying and tiring influences of an exhibition life, forced 

 to travel nights and be exhibited days, jolted over 

 rough roads in uneasy cars and paraded through the 

 streets of cities to be gazed at by the people, are 



