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Calcutta, for who should they find there but Dick Brownell and Mr. Godkin, just 

 completing their arrangements for exporting the prizes they had secured in the 

 East Indian jungles to America by way of England. 



You can imagine how glad the friends were to meet each other again, and to 

 find themselves all unharmed, with the most interesting of stories to exchange. 

 The chimpanzee and gorilla were shipped with them, the four hunters taking pas- 

 sage on the same vessel, in order to be near their prizes and to give them their 

 attention. 



I wish I could conclude my account with a continuous record of success and 

 gratification on the part of my friends, who had done so exceedingly well in their 

 search for wild beasts, birds and reptiles in Asia and Africa, but, I am sorry to say, 

 I cannot. 



Toward the latter part of the voyage " Bob," the gorilla, showed signs of illness. 

 He received every possible care, but he grew worse, and just as the shores of Old 

 England rose to sight over the blue ocean he breathed his last. 



The effort to bring a live gorilla to America had once more failed, and, as I write 

 these closing lines, I have to fepeat that success in that respect remains yet to be 

 attained. Of course it will come sooner or later, as will many other achievements 

 that are now deemed among the impossibilities. 



With the trifling exceptions named, the rest of the valuable cargo reached this 

 country in safety and in good health. Among all the strange wild animals, the 

 liveliest and brightest was " Dick," the chimpanzee. There are others, but if you 

 are ever at an exhibition where he is, the attendant will be pleased to point out "Dick" 

 to you, believing you will be interested in him after learning the particulars of his 

 capture. 



He is as full of mischief and tricks as an egg is of meat. He is fond of taking 

 a peep at himself in a mirror with which his quarters are furnished. He is fright- 

 fully homely, and I don't wonder that several times he has felt so discouraged over 

 his unprepossessing appearance that he has smashed the little looking-glass which 

 persisted in reflecting his lineaments so truthfully. 



He is also very fond of pets, and between him and the tame rabbit, which has 

 been placed in his quarters, a strong friendship has been formed. 



As I intimated, Bob Marshall and Dick Brownell immediately entered college 

 on their return to this country, and they are now pursuing their studies with the 

 same vigor and persistency they showed in pursuing the wild birds, beasts and 

 reptiles of Africa and India. They feel that they have had enough of wild life, and 

 I am quite sure that you and I would feel the same after passing through an experi- 

 ence as varied and stirring as theirs has been. 



Jack Harvey and Carl Godkin are among my most trusted friends and you 

 will admit that I am warranted in believing that nothing ever can arise to disturb 

 the pleasant relations which have existed between us from the first. 



I feel it a pleasure to acknowledge in this place my indebtedness to my friend 

 Edward S. Ellis, A.M., for his help in the preparation of these pages. His store of 



