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had left behind such a craving for a renewal of 

 acquaintance with it, that it was observable in every 

 action of their daily life. 



Jumbo, wise beast, was quick to see that his 

 late friends were in disgrace, and therefore lost no 

 chance of venting his dislike upon them, for with 

 a bound he would jump upon the top of their 

 box, and as rapidly spring from it, jabbering the 

 whole time, as if lauding himself for his prowess, 

 or for having performed a most praiseworthy action. 

 " Be down on them ; they have got no friends," 

 was evidently a course of conduct this distinguished 

 member of our coterie had adopted. Very human- 

 like ? I ask the reader. But, not satisfied with 

 these escapades, he was detected in trying to force 

 a puppy's paw, and soon after the domestic cat's 

 tail, between the bars that covered the cage of 

 the lions. William administered to him on each 

 occasion such a wholesome castigation with the 

 jambock, that for days he sat and pondered over 

 the supposed injustice he smarted under and the 

 unreliable nature of man's friendship. 



An opportunity occurring at this time to send 

 the lions to Praetoria, via Zoutspansberg, by some 

 Boers proceeding there, I made arrangements for 

 my charges to be taken south, the Dutchmen to 

 be paid by my agent on safe delivery. In doing 

 business with these superlative blackguards such 

 precautions are most necessary, as the sequel will 



