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happily there were no more casualties, and on the 

 day we reached Southampton four were safely 

 handed over to Mr Thomson, head keeper of the 

 Zoo, who met the boat to take charge of them. 

 Alas for all the care lavished on them ! The long 

 voyage or the new climate did their work only too 

 swiftly. Alas for the special cage built for them in 

 the Insect House! Before anyone had a chance of 

 seeing these feathered treasures from the neo- 

 tropical jungle, they were all dead. 



