Notes 
“WILD NEL.” 
THE Antelope whose portrait is reproduced 
at the top of the next page 
was good enough to give 
us a special and exclusive 
“sitting”’ at our photographer’s studio in 
Chancery Lane. With its owner, Mr. Harold 
O'Donnell, it took a cab from Belgravia, 
and arrived punctually at the time appointed. 
With commendable promptitude it adapted 
itself to the circumstances, and wasted 
nobody’s time in useless antics, but at once 
posed itself in the positions required, with 
the result that four excellent portraits 
were taken, of which the accompanying is, 
perhaps, the best. Its first introduction to 
its present owner was at the tender age 
of two weeks, when it was brought into 
his camp near the village of Hssiaman 
Kuma, in Ashanti. No trouble was spared 
to rear the newcomer; an excellent feeder 
was made by attaching to an empty 
A Rare 
Pet. 
champagne bottle an india-rubber contrivance ~ 
“DINAH,” 
and Comments 
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“JONATHAN” AND ‘ MIKE.” 
used for filling a fountain-pen. From milk 
the little fellow soon took to bananas, and 
now he is almost omnivorous, eating any 
vegetable or fruit; and if he gets a chance 
at a piece of bacon-rind or a boot he is 
quite content. He is, however, happiest in 
the company of a dog or cat, to play with 
and butt. He is never taken out on a 
leash, but follows close to heel. 
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Mr. O’Donnext also tells the following 
touching story of an incident 
which he witnessed a few years 
ago :—‘“ While on a passage,” 
he says, “from Skagway in Alaska to Seattle, 
the captain of the small coaster saw two 
Black-tailed Deer swimming from one of the 
smaller islands to the larger one of Baranof, 
where the channel was about half a mile 
broad. The steamer was stopped and a boat 
lowered, the men in it having orders to catch 
A Heroic 
Deed. 
“COLUMBUS” AND “DOT,” 
