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large Zoological Garden, this is an extremely 

 important matter. Snow will now pass the 

 rest of his life in the same manner as Lopez. 

 He will live in solitary confinement, but 

 whether this will affect him in any way we 

 are not capable of finding out. I watched him 

 a short time ago, pacing up and down his den 

 and occasionally going in and out of his water 

 pool. As far as I, or any other human being, 

 cculd tell he was perfectly contented and 

 happy, and we know enough to be able to 

 surmise that he was certaintly not thinking or 

 troubling about any of his past deeds. 



A large Polar bear once made his escape 

 from the London Zoological G-ardens and gave 

 those in attendance a lively time. He was 

 finally caught with a rope round the neck, 

 when he promptly climbed over a fence and, 

 on jumping down the other side, nearly 

 choked himself; as the rope broke at that 

 moment he saved his life, but was again free. 

 The noose of rope was still round his neck, 

 but he got that off with his claws, shook him- 

 self, and trotted off briskly in another di- 



