WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



and sugar, wrapped him up in flannel, and sent him back 

 to Liverpool, with a note to say I could not purchase him, 

 as none of the keepers would be troubled with such a 

 baby, and I felt sure the poor little fellow would die if 

 placed in the collection. 



" A day or two afterwards I was surprised to receive the 

 same small box, and, more so, to find the unfortunate little 



BED BIVEE HOG. 



pig inside it, and a note from Cross to say the animal was 

 no use to him — he could not be bothered with it, — and as 

 I declined to purchase it for the Society he begged me to 

 accept it, and do what I pleased with it. 



" I felt hurt to find this poor little fellow thus an outcast 

 and apparently friendless. 



" I held him in my hands and took him at once into my 



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