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A vote of thanks to the Governing Body for their action in 

 this matter was proposed and seconded ; but though " a very 

 large majority of the crowded meeting 'appeared to be in its 

 favour,"* the President ruled that it was out of order, owing 

 to the fact that previous notice had not been given. 



Considerable difficulty was experienced in boxing the 

 elephant. The St. James s Gazette of September 20, 1892, 

 published the result of an interview with a '■' Mr. Gaylord, who 

 was with Barnum when Jumbo was bought." This gentleman 

 is reported as having said that " Scott had a quiet sign which 

 the elephant knew to mean ' Lie down.' It was arranged 

 that when he was to be taken from the Gardens Scott should 

 make this signal, and the people would believe that Jumbo 

 was unwilling to leave Alice." In this interview the state- 

 ment was made that Barnum " gave £1,000 to raise an action 

 to endeavour to interdict the departure of Jumbo." 



Bartlett, in telling the story of the removal,t says it was 

 imagined that the difficulty " was caused by the unwillingness of 

 Scott, the keeper, to exert himself in the command he had over 

 the animal ; in fact, it was generally suspected that he was 

 obstructing the work of removal, and that his effort to box 

 the elephant was a sham." Newman was asked if he would 

 undertake the business, provided Scott were sent away for a 

 holiday. This he was quite ready to do. Bartlett then told 

 Scott of the suggested arrangement, and of Barnum's liberal 

 offer, if he would go to America with the elephant. The rest 

 deserves quotation: 



Scott immediately begged me not to carry out my intention of giving 

 him a holiday, stating that if I would only give him another day he would 

 do his best to induce Jumbo to enter his box. To this I agreed, and on 

 the following morning Jumbo was safely housed. 



This was on March 23 ; and it was past midnight before the 

 trolley with the box moved out of the Gardens. The crowd 

 waiting outside raised cheers for Scott, and shouted that the 

 Yankees should never have Jumbo. About 7 a.m. on 

 Thursday morning St. Katherine's Docks were reached, and the 

 box was put on a barge for Millwall. Here, it is recorded, 



* Dailt/ News, March 17, 1882. 



t ** Wild Animals in Captivity," pp. 49-51. 



