24 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



is feeling or thinking about, for Lopez is one 

 of the most deceitful of his deceitful kind. 



When in May, 1903, Lopez arrived at the 

 Park, after a somewhat rough journey, he ap- 

 peared, after having got over the scared 

 period which all wild animals pass through 

 after a long journey, to be a playful, genial, 

 good-tempered wild cat. Even before being 

 transfered to his home in the Lion House — 

 and he was one of the very first residents 

 there, having been installed before the house 

 was finished — he showed a disposition to have 

 a quiet game with any one who cared to play 

 with him. 



He celebrated his first entrance into his 

 new home by rolling on his back, all four 

 paws in the air, and purring loudly. Never, 

 from his first appearance in captivity, did 

 Lopez ever snarl, beat himself against the bars 

 of his cage, or show any particular signs of 

 fierceness such as may have been expected 

 from one of his nature. Consequently, when 

 a fine young female jaguar was purchased 

 from Carl Hagenbeck's establishment in Ham- 



