ANIMAL ANECDOTES. 
Amone the many animal presents received by 
Queen Victoria was an elephant 
which, when a mere baby, was 
sent to her by an Indian prince. 
He travelled as a deck passenger on one of the 
Indian mail steamers from Bombay, and as he 
had attaimed but the height of a well-grown 
calf and was always docile and tractable, he 
was allowed to 
have the run of 
the decks for an 
hour or two every 
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morning. 
Among other 
acquaintances 
that he formed 
while on board 
ship was that of 
the ship’s baker, 
whose galley he 
soon discovered 
to be the place 
of origin of all 
the sweet dainties 
with which he 
was féted. Here 
he took to making 
a regular morn- 
ing call, and was 
generally regaled 
with a tart.or 
piece of cake. 
But one morn- 
ing when he 
called and ex- 
tended his trunk 
as usual, the cook 
happened to be 
in ill humour, 
and instead of a 
cake the elephant 
received a tap on 
the trunk from 
the rolling-pin. 
The blow was 
not severe, but the elephant turned tail and 
went trumpeting up the deck, where he took a 
position that enabled him to watch for his 
assailant. 
Before long he saw the baker leave his 
“shop,” and having apparently made up his 
mind what to do, he promptly marched down 
and with a few vigorous sweeps of his trunk 
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With a few vigorous sweeps of his trunk the elephant cleared every 
shelf in the bakery. 
cleared every shelf in the bakery. Loaves, tarts, 
cakes, patty-pans and cake-tins lay in a confused 
heap on the deck. This achieved, he bolted like 
a mischievous schoolboy, and was locked up in 
disgrace; but when the circumstances became 
known the popular verdict was in his favour 
and he was allowed his liberty as before. 
No sooner was the animal set free again than 
he marched down 
to the baker’s, 
and from that day 
he never failed to 
exact his tribute. 
It was regularly 
paid, and he and 
the baker became 
the best of 
friends. 
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A FARMER'S dog 
was €X- 
Clever tremely 
Rogue. fond of 
biscuits, and had 
been taught by 
his owner to go 
after them for 
himself, carrying 
a written order 
in his mouth. 
Day after day he 
appeared at the 
chandler’s shop, 
bringing his 
master’s order, 
and by-and-by 
the shopman be- 
came careless 
- about reading 
the document. 
Finally, when 
settlement day 
came, the farmer 
complained that he was charged with more 
biscuits than he ordered. The chandler was 
surprised, and the next time the dog came in 
with a slip of paper between his teeth he took the 
trouble to look at it. The paper was blank, and 
further investigation showed that, whenever the 
dog felt a craving for a biscuit, he looked around 
for a piece of paper and trotted off to the shop. 
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