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and, cutting four little holes in it put their legs 

 through and sewed it tightly over their backs. 

 This they seemed to enjoy immensely, and never 

 made the slightest attempt to divest themselves 

 of their unusual covering, which they wore the 

 whole time they were in the island. I brought 

 them to England with me in the month of 

 November, and, having no place to keep them, 

 with much regret presented them to the 

 Zoological Gardens, where I thought they would 

 be well looked after. Unfortunately they were 

 put into the same quarters as the common foxes, 

 and a few days after I had a notification from 

 the Secretary to say " Jiir' had succumbed to 

 the cold. He very kindly sent me her little 

 skin, which I could not bear to look at, even. 

 '' Jack " was put into more comfortable quarters, 

 where he lived for five years. 



About a year after I had placed the foxes at 

 the " Zoo " I happened to be in town and 

 seized the opportunity of going to see how^ my 

 little playmate was getting on. I found the 

 poor little thing curled up in some straw in the 

 corner of his house, with a lot of small boys 

 peering at him through the bars and trying to 

 attract his attention by poking in pieces of 



