WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
which he very cleverly put together, making a very fair 
specimen of this Crustacea. 
Numerous instances could be related as to how easily 
he overcame matters of this kind by the power he had of 
controlling his feelings under circumstances that would 
have produced in many persons an amount of ungovern- 
able anger. 
Buckland’s house in Albany Street was noted, not only 
for its inhabitants and contents, but also for the vast 
assemblage of remarkable people who were to be met 
there from time to time. Being, myself, a frequent visitor, 
I encountered many extraordinary people — giants, dwarfs, 
and natives from all parts of the world. On a special 
occasion, I accompanied to his house a number of natives 
from New Zealand, who Avere much interested Avhile 
listening to Buckland’s explanations of the many wonder- 
ful things from different parts of the world in his collection, 
when suddenly these people appeared panic-stricken, and 
rushing to the window at the back of the house they leapt 
out, apparently in great fright. The cause of this stampede 
was easily explained. Buckland had opened a box con- 
taining a number of live snakes, the sight of which so 
terrified them that they endeavoured to escape from the 
house. In all probability they had never before seen a 
living snake, as there are no snakes of any kind to be 
found in NeAv Zealand. 
buckland’s bear at oxford. 
I must plead guilty to the crime of having supplied the 
late Frank Buckland with the bear that led him into so 
many scrapes during the time he was a student at Oxford. 
At the time he first had the bear it was extremely small, 
certainly not larger than a full-grown rabbit, and was, as 
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