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'was difficult to get him on board ship ; it was 

 [just as difficult to beep him there, and far 

 ;more difficult to get him off again. Food 

 'seemed to have very little attraction for him 

 and kindness was of no use. When he was 

 ^finally brought to the New York Zoological 

 iPark, he was morose, savage, sulky, and vin- 

 dictive to a degree and no one in the Park 

 could do a thing with him. 



He trumpeted his hate and his discontent 

 at all the keepers, at all the visitors, and at 

 every animal in the house that came with- 

 in his range of vision. Special precautions 

 were taken by the Director with regard to his 

 house. The walls were tested, the strongest 

 sheet iron procured to line them, and extra 

 bars put in front of his den to protect visitors. 

 And yet, in spite of all these precautions this 

 did not prevent him from pushing down the 

 back wall one day and entering the cage of 

 the Eland next door! But after awhile he 

 became quieter and more contented, and then 

 it was decided one day to take him for a walk 

 in the Park before the public was admitted, 

 in order to give him some exercise. 



