CHAPTER XVII 



Illness of Elisheba — Aaron's Care of Her — Her Death — Illness 

 and Death of Aaron 



AT the end of forty-two long days at sea we arrived at 

 Liverpool. It was near the end of autumn. The 

 weather was cold and foggy. Elisheba was failing in 

 health, as I feared she would do, having come from the 

 warm, humid climate along the equator, and, at the same 

 time, having undergone a change of food. 



On arriving at the end of our long and arduous voyage, 

 I secured quarters for the apes and quickly had them 

 stowed away in a warm, sunny cage. Elisheba began to 

 recover from the fatigue and worry of the journey, and for 

 a while was more cheerful than she had been at any time 

 since I had known her. Her appetite returned, the symp- 

 toms of fever passed away-, and she seemed benefited rather 

 than injured by the voyage. Aaron was in the best of 

 health and had shown no signs of any evil results from 

 the trip. 



On reaching the landing-stage in Liverpool, some friends 

 who met us there expressed a desire to see the apes, and 

 for that purpose I opened their cage in the waiting-room. 

 When they beheld the throng of huge figures with white 

 faces, long skirts, and big coats, they were almost frantic 

 with fear. They had never before seen anything like it, 



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