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to run the merry-go-round for him. I stayed for a 
week to get the enterprise started; then I went up 
to the lumber mills to see if the lumbermen needed 
elephants. When I returned to Singapore, I had a 
commission for six large elephants. 
It was a better vacation than I could have had in 
Europe. I had made many friends and attended to 
some animal business and I had £700 clear profit in 
my pockets. 
At my animal house I found a letter from Mr. 
La Soeuf, the director of the Perth Zodlogical Gar- 
dens, saying that he was anxious to get a rhinoceros 
and asking what I could do for him. I did not want 
to go into the jungle again immediately, for I was 
afraid of a return of the fever, but I replied that I 
would see what could be done and I sent out word 
to all my native agents. Both Mr. La Souef and his 
father, who was director of the gardens at Mel- 
bourne, were great friends of mine, and their gar- 
dens had been my best market for animals. Quite 
naturally, I wanted to do everything I could to help 
them, and so, when word came from an agent in 
Trengganu that some rhinoceroses had been located 
there, I packed up my kit and started out. 
At Trengganu, the Sultan welcomed me, and I 
spent several days with him, telling him what was 
happening in the world and discussing his problems. 
The problems were largely financial. He owed 
some money, and, knowing that he had something 
