ANECDOTES 



usual, a most amusing and interesting little pet, being 

 made welcome by all who met with it ; but, as is custom- 

 ary with all bears, as it increased in size and strength it 

 became a troublesome and vexatious annoyance, and after 

 many unruly antics, especially one mentioned in Buckland's 

 life, Buckland's father, the Dean of Westminster, came to 

 me in a rather furious state of mind, in consequence of the 

 behaviour above-mentioned, and informed me that he had 

 written to Frank, and that he or the bear, or both, must 

 come at once to London, and that in all probability the 

 bear would be sent to me immediately. This accordingly 

 was done, and I placed the bear in the Gardens, but the 

 changed conditions appeared to have such a depressing 

 effect upon the animal that he fretted and died shortly 

 after his arrival. 



MRS. FRANK BUCKLAND. 



I have mentioned several anecdotes about the late 

 Frank Buckland, and I should now like to relate one 

 concerning his wife, Mrs. Frank Buckland. Upon one 

 occasion meeting my friend, Frank Buckland, at Great 

 Yarmouth, our party consisting of three or four mutual 

 friends, Mrs. Buckland being one of them, the conversation 

 turned on the subject of the destruction of under-sized crabs 

 which were exposed for sale in large quantities, and it was 

 decided by Frank Buckland that he would, as Inspector, go 

 round the town in the morning in order to summon the 

 various dealers for exhibiting for sale the undersized crabs. 

 Mrs. Buckland, having overheard what proceedings were 

 about to be taken, determined, no doubt with her usual 

 kindness of heart, to prevent these poor people, if possible, 

 from being thus distressed ; she therefore rose early in the 

 morning, went round to the market-place and cautioned 



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