108 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 
full authority. We were sending a pair of beauti- 
fully matched leopards to the Emperor of Austria, 
and they had reached Singapore in two large, 
poorly constructed cages. Mr. Anderson was there, 
and we disagreed on the advisability of recaging 
them. I thought that the cages looked weak and I 
wished to have my Chinese carpenter build two that 
would be smaller and stronger. Mr. Anderson, 
however, was impatient to start the leopards on 
their voyage, and, since he was boss, we loaded the 
cages on bullock-carts and headed for the docks. In 
unloading one of the bullock-carts, the natives 
allowed the case to slide to the ground too heavily; 
the cage broke, and out went Mr. Leopard like a 
flash of lightning, heading straight for the Chinese © 
quarter. The Chinese saw him coming, and a panic 
started. They tumbled over one another in getting 
out of the way, and two of them were scratched. 
The leopard was quite as frightened as any of the 
Chinese. The natives in charge of the bullock-cart 
came running for me, and I went to the Chinese 
quarter to find the leopard, He had taken refuge 
in a house, and I finally discovered him hiding 
under the stairs, his eyes shining in the darkness. 
Since it was impossible to get rid of the mob of 
Chinese and recaging under the circumstances 
would have been too dangerous, we had to shoot 
the animal. We took the other leopard back to 
Orchard Road and built a new cage. 
In 1902, just before the rainy season, I was rest- 
