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hands"! While deliberating whether he 

 should deposit it in either the Jardin d 'Ac- 

 climation, or the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, 

 Mr. Bostock came forward and offered him 

 a large sum of money for it. 



At first M. Clementel would not hear of it, 

 but finally, when a good deal of pressure was 

 brought to bear, Mr. Bostock became the 

 owner of the elephant in miniature, and the 

 money realized from the sale of this animal 

 was contributed by the Minister of the Colony 

 to the employes of the Bureau des Affaires 

 des Colonies. The little elephant was about 

 eight months old, stood about thirty inches 

 high, and weighed about one hundred and 

 eighty pounds. 



One other clever elephant not to be for- 

 gotten is Sultan, who is noted for his won- 

 derful acts of equilibrium in the Barnum and 

 Bailey Circus. This animal will stand on its 

 fore feet or its hind feet and, while in the 

 latter position, hold a little dog on his head, 

 another on his left front leg, and a third on 

 his right front leg. Elephants and dogs were 



