WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
great astonishment, upon my name being announced, the 
individual rose from his dirty, warm job, and delivering 
a somewhat heated rebuke to the maidservant for her 
neglect in allowing the ashes and rubbish to collect in the 
stove and causing the smoke to nearly suffocate everybody 
in the house, at the same time handing over the brush 
and dustpan to the grinning servant, bid me follow him. 
It was quite as much as I could do to prevent my features 
indicating the amusement the Dean’s face caused me. 
Upon entering the adjoining room, however, the Dean 
caught a glimpse of his face in the looking-glass, for had 
it not been for his dress he would have had all the appear- 
ance of an ordinary chimney-sweep, and he himself could 
not help laughing and explaining to me the difficulties we 
all have with neglectful and careless servants, which had 
caused him to take the trouble to clean out the collected 
rubbish from this stove and lecture the woman with a 
caution that she must not give him any further trouble 
in this matter. He then gave me a note to Professor 
Owen, and requested me to go to the College of Surgeons 
in Lincoln’s Inn Fields and carefully remove the skin of 
the hysena and mount it for him without injuring the soft 
parts or the skeleton, which he intended to present to the 
College. With the assistance of Professor Owen and 
some of the students I carried out the Dean’s instructions. 
THE LATE FRANK BUCKLAND. 
Of all the persons I have ever met or associated with, 
I know of none who possessed a more amiable, good- 
tempered and kinder disposition than the late Frank 
Buck] and. Of this I had many opportunities of judging, 
having on several occasions accompanied him on his duties 
of Inspector of Salmon Fisheries. At times when most 
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