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and a half feet high. But then he began to 

 show 'signs of going "bad" and caused a vast 

 amount of trouble and anxiety, especially to 

 those who had charge of him. He tore down 

 the doors and walls of his house, drove his 

 big tusks through the iron plates and splint- 

 ered the strong beams of wood as if they had 

 been matches; after some anxious months it 

 was finally decided to sell him. The only 

 man who could do anything with him at this 

 time was .Matthew Scott, who had been with 

 him ever since he entered the Gardens. 



Bitter disappointment was felt among 

 thousands of children who had grown to love 

 the elephant and to look forward to rides on 

 his back and a great controversy arose in all 

 the London newspapers over this animal. 

 And just while all this excitement was going 

 on, a letter came from the late P. T. Barnum, 

 of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, asking 

 whether the London Zoological Society would 

 sell the big African elephant Jumbo? After 

 consideration, Jumbo was sold to Mr. Barnum 

 "as he stood" for $10,000. This meant that 



