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behind them— they went farther up still, and 

 found their way into one of the best boxes, 

 where, being very tired after their wander- 

 ings, they settled down and went fast asleep. 



And in the morning there was great con- 

 sternation for, although the trainer and his 

 men searched all through the theater, they 

 could find only occasional traces of their 

 wanderings. But, just when they had given 

 up all hope of finding them, thinking they 

 had got out of doors, there came a big sneeze 

 from one of the boxes, and in a few moments 

 all the animals were awake and being guided 

 gently but firmly downstairs with many re- 

 quests for fish on the way. 



I said "all," but in a few minutes it was 

 found that poor Toby was not among them 

 and, on going to look for him, he was found 

 sound asleep in one of the proscenium boxes ! 

 As it is always very difficult for a seal to 

 walk on land, Captain "Woodward carried him 

 down. A sea lion can balance himself on his 

 four flippers and get along fairly well with 

 a loose, shambling gait, but a seal can only 



