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11-foot crates, and they could not get through the doors from the 
wharf out to the street. /II that could be done was to saw them 
down, then and there, rnd the giraffes rode through the streets of 
Ptrten Island, New York, and over to /thenia with no topr to their 
cr-ges at all - and it is p chilly dry. Later ^ T e learned t hp t 
when they got to the quarantine station, the crrtes would not go 
into the barns there. Jennier, in desperation, said, ™"ell, I 
think the giraffes pre pretty tacse. Let T s lead them in." Pnd that 
was what thev had to do. 
Bill pnd Kerby, Mrs. Davis rnd I crme down on the 4.4? 
trrin. Gaddi pnd Davis rode p later express with the animals. 
Arriving in -ashington four hours later, we were met again by 
newspaper reporters and photographers, as well as by Dr. and Mrs. 
Grosvenor, the LaGorces, McKnews, and Mrs. Kerby. For what we 
ho^ed would be the last time, we beamed for the flashlights, pnd 
shook hands all round* 
It is the end of a long voyage, and we are tired pnd 
glad to be once more at home. 
