WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



keepers time to get out as fast as they could and how they 

 could, through the ingenious ' man-hole ' or guard in the 

 railing, made in case of emergencies. Neither the 

 rhinoceros nor the men received the slightest injury. 

 Shortly after the accident I saw the rhinoceros munching 

 her breakfast as if nothing had happened. The rhinoceros 

 was the big female ; she is about 10 ft. 6 in. long and 

 about 5 ft. high at the shoulder, and she weighs at a guess 

 between three and four tons. The ice I found was 4 in. 

 thick. 



" I think the Society are much indebted to Mr. Bartlett 

 for the admirable way in which he prevented what might 

 have been a bad accident." 



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