WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



great astonishment, upon my name being announced, the 

 individual rose from his dirty, warm job, and delivering 

 a somewhat heated rebuke to the maidservant for her 

 neglect in allowing the ashes and rubbish to collect in the 

 stove and causing the smoke to nearly suffocate everybody 

 in the house, at the same time handing over the brush 

 and dustpan to the grinning servant, bid nie follow him. 

 It was quite as much as I could do to prevent my features 

 indicating the amusement the Dean's face caused me. 

 Upon entering the adjoining room, however, the Dean 

 caught a glimpse of his face in the looking-glass, for had 

 it not been for his dress he would have had all the appear- 

 ance of an ordinary chimney-sweep, and he himself could 

 not help laughing and explaining to me the difficulties we 

 all have with neglectful and careless servants, which had 

 caused him to take the trouble to clean out the collected 

 rubbish from this stove and lecture the woman with a 

 caution that she must not give him any further trouble 

 in this matter. He then gave me a note to Professor 

 Owen, and requested me to go to the ColJegg of Surgeons 

 in Lincoln's Inn Fields and carefully remove the skin of 

 the hyaena and mount it for him without injuring the soft 

 parts or the skeleton, which he intended to present to the 

 College; With the assistance of Professor Owen and 

 some of the students I carried out the Dean's instructions. 



THE LATE FRANK BUCKLAND. 



Of all the persons I have ever met or associated with, 

 I know of none who possessed a more amiable, good- 

 tempered and kinder disposition than the late Frank 

 Buckland. Of this I had many opportunities of judging, 

 having on several occasions accompanied him on his duties 

 of Inspector of Salmon Fisheries. At times when most 



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