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' Oh, no ! ' exclaimed the audience with one voice, ' by 

 no means awake him ! ' and this was just as lucky for 

 me. By means of this same ruse I succeeded, day after day, 

 in drawing fresh spectators. At Marseilles alone, where 

 I made a stay of three weeks, after paying off all expenses 

 I had a clear gain of 100/. This sum I laid out in fresh 

 purchases — a lioness named Sa'ida, two hyenas and two 



THE LION' TAMER OFFERS TO WAKE THE (STUFFED) CROCODTLE ! 



wolves, next a panther, and, later, a bison and a black 

 bear. 



These last were the cause of a disagreeable scene that 

 took place one night at Avignon. After an unusually heavy 

 day, I was sleeping peacefully in my waggon, when I was 

 aroused by an appalling noise, bellowings of pain and 

 furious growlings, accompanied by terrible blows, which 



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