WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



which he very cleverly put together, making a very fair 

 specimen of this Crustacea. 



Numerous instances could be related as to how easily 

 he overcame matters of this kind by the power he had of 

 controlling his feelings under circumstances that would 

 have produced in many persons an amount of ungovern- 

 able anger. 



Buckland's house in Albany Street was noted, not only 

 for its inhabitants and contents, but also for the vast 

 assemblage of remarkable people who were to be met 

 there from time to time. Being, myself, a frequent visitor, 

 I encountered many extraordinary people — giants, dwarfs, 

 and natives from all parts of the world. On a special 

 occasion, I accompanied to his house a number of natives 

 from New Zealand, who were much interested while 

 listening to Buckland's explanations of the many wonder- 

 ful things from different parts of the world in his collection, 

 when suddenly these people appeared panic-stricken, and 

 rushing to the window at the back of the house they leapt 

 out, apparently in great fright. The cause of this stampede 

 was easily explained. Buckland had opened a box con- 

 taining a number of live snakes, the sight of which so 

 terrified them that they endeavoured to escape from the 

 house. In all probability they had never before seen a 

 living snake, as there are no snakes of any kind to be 

 found in New Zealand. 



BUCKLAXDS BEAR AT OXFORD. 



I must plead guilty to the crime of having su]3plied the 

 late Frank Buckland with the bear that led him into so 

 many scrapes during the time he was a student at Oxford. 

 At the time he first had the bear it was extremely small, 

 certainly not larger than a full-grown rabbit, and was, as 



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