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it was the celebrated dog that attends nearly all 

 the fires in London. He does not attach himself, 

 it seems, to any particular body of firemen, but is 

 to be found sometimes with bne company and 

 sometimes with another. 



' R. came home soon after we did, and brought 

 his regimentals with him for me to clean the 

 silver braid. 



'June 6. — This morning at 7 o'clock Dr. 

 Milne Edwards came by appointment to see R., 

 and they both examined things by the micro- 

 scope till breakfast-time. Then young Scharf 

 brought the prints of the giraffes. 



' In the evening Mr. Hills, the water-colour 

 painter, looked in and we had some music, and 

 did not get to bed till nearly four. R. told me 

 to-day the names of the new giraffes. The one 

 with a talisman round his neck is called Selim 

 (fortunate). The others are called Mabrouk 

 (favourite), Guib-allah (God's gift), and Zaida 

 (happy).' 



'July 10. — My father and R. in at Mr. 

 Belfour's about the Secretaryship. As R. came 

 home sooner than I expected, we went off as 

 usual to the Gardens. The elephant was most 

 ridiculous. One of the giraffes came out of the 

 house while the elephant was on that side of the 

 paddock and simply terrified the great coward by 

 stretching out his long neck to stare at him. 

 The elephant was so frightened he got into 



