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voyage and took little interest in anything that was going on 
round about, but he soon picked up, and after a time would 
sit and walk about on the lawn in company with his two play- 
fellows, apparently in the best of health and spirits. He had 
a strong predilection for the petals of roses, and would consume 
large quantities of them. When he had to be taken from one 
place to another one of the negroes used to carry him on his 
back, presenting a very droll appearance. 
Here, then, I must conclude my account of the many 
animal friendships that I have formed in the course of my 
life. I am continuing to develop my park on the lines already 
followed ; and trust that, both in the exhibits of wild beasts 
and in those of wild men, I shall ever succeed more com- 
pletely in rendering it, not a place of captivity, but a happy 
and contented home. With the help of an able staff of 
assistants, whose experience now extends over several de- 
cades, I hope to make my institution unique in all the world 
as a centre for the friendly intercourse of great gatherings of 
BEASTS AND MEN. 
