A FEW HOOFED ANIMALS 165 



ually deposited in his new home. And then 

 the Director of the Park roused up the peo- 

 ple at the Eestaurant and ordered plenty of 

 hot coffee and food for all those who had 

 taken part in this strenuous housing of the 

 higgest of all antelopes. 



From the first, this eland has been ex- 

 tremely gentle and placid,- seemingly content 

 with his life and surroundings, but, like most 

 of the other animals in the Park, he has had 

 his adventures. He was placidly chewing his 

 cud one morning, feeling particularly com- 

 fortable, and did not to all appearances notice 

 that his next door neighbor, Gunda, the ele- 

 phant, seemed rather restless. 



He had become accustomed to Gunda 's 

 restlessness and it was not until the rear of his 

 cage had bulged in and the elephant entered 

 that the eland got up, stopped chewing his 

 cud, and appeared to realize that something 

 unusual was going on. Even then, the keeper 

 was so quick in following the elephant up 

 and insisting on his returning to his own 

 quarters, that Duke had scarcely time to be 



