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blood spots on his white fur, he seemed, in 

 appearance and manner, exactly the same as 

 he has always been since his arrival in the 

 Park some few years ago. 

 1 I think the most curious and in many ways 

 interesting thing about this affair was the half 

 playful, half indifferent manner in which it 

 was done. There was no exhibition of tem- 

 per or rage, no particular viciousness, and 

 also no special pleasure in the wrestling which, 

 took place. Lopez, the jaguar, went at things 

 in a totally different way. The moment his 

 companion entered his cage, he showed in 

 every quiver of his nervous, muscular body, 

 his intense passion and resentment, and also 

 his fierce determination to kill his mate. But 

 Snow seemed undecided from the first as to 

 what he should really do. 



It was evident that he did not particularly 

 want a companion and yet it also seemed evi- 

 dent that he was tired of being alone and 

 was glad of a chance to wrestle and play. 

 But the result was the same, and to those who 

 have to consider the vast expenses of a 



