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voted to him, and he was never left night or 

 day during this last illness — he grew steadily 

 worse, and died on February 25, 1907, to 

 the great grief of all those in the Park, espe- 

 cially Mr. Hornaday, who had watched him 

 most carefully almost daily from the day he 

 arrived a tiny infant until he died. 



And on the day of his death a most curious 

 thing happened in connection with Polly. 

 [When it was seen that Dohong had only a 

 short time to live, a large blanket was hung 

 completely dividing the space outside the two 

 cages where he and Polly were kept. This 

 was done in case Polly should either put some 

 bread through the bars, or introduce her hand 

 as an invitation to Dohong and so dis- 

 turb him. Polly took no notice whatever until 

 Dohong was dead and taken away, and then 

 suddenly she sent forth a shriek which sent a 

 shiver through those who had just been rather 

 unnerved by the death of this most intelli- 

 gent animal. And this shrieking Polly kept 

 up, in spite of every effort to stop her, from 

 four o'clock, when Dohong died, until seven! 



