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animals. Just as fine a pair was procured 

 for the New York Zoological Society, one of 

 which had a most unfortunate history. 



Chang was a beautiful animal in every 

 way. Like all his kind his fur was much 

 thicker than that of the ordinary leopard 

 and of quite a woolly texteure; white, or 

 rather a whitish gray on top, merging into 

 pure white on the under parts, covered with 

 black irregular spots. This thick fur is an 

 excellent protection against the bitter winter 

 cold of his native home. In the winter it is 

 especially beautiful and, when all the other 

 occupants of the Lion House — with the ex- 

 ception of the pumas — were shut in for the 

 winter, Chang and Eng were out in the sweet, 

 fresh, keen winter air, thoroughly enjoying 

 themselves. 



After the usual restlessness and discontent 

 among new surroundings, Chang appeared to 

 settle down and become perfectly contented 

 and at his ease. Although naturally savage, 

 he never showed any abnormal expressions of 

 ill temper, and it was taken for granted that, 



