ANECDOTES 
usual, a most amusing and interesting little pet, being 
made welcome by all who met with it ; but, as is custom- 
ary with all bears, as it increased in size and strength it 
became a troublesome and vexatious annoyance, and after 
many unruly antics, especially one mentioned in Buckland’s 
life, Buckland’s father, the Dean of Westminster, came to 
me in a rather furious state of mind, in consequence of the 
behaviour above-mentioned, and informed me that he had 
written to Frank, and that he or the bear, or both, must 
come at once to London, and that in all probability the 
bear would be sent to me immediately. This accordingly 
was done, and I placed the bear in the Gardens, but the 
changed conditions appeared to have such a depressing 
effect upon the animal that he fretted and died shortly 
after his arrival. 
MRS. FRANK BUCKLAND. 
I have mentioned several anecdotes about the late 
Frank Buckland, and I should now like to relate one 
concerning his wife, Mrs. Frank Buckland. Upon one 
occasion meeting my friend, Frank Buckland, at Great 
Yarmouth, our party consisting of three or four mutual 
friends, Mrs. Buckland being one of them, the conversation 
turned on the subject of the destruction of under-sized crabs 
which were exposed for sale in large quantities, and it was 
decided by Frank Buckland that he would, as Inspector, go 
round the town in the morning in order to summon the 
various dealers for exhibiting for sale the undersized crabs. 
Mrs. Buckland, having overheard what proceedings were 
about to be taken, determined, no doubt with her usual 
kindness of heart, to prevent these poor people, if possible, 
from being thus distressed ; she therefore rose early in the 
morning, went round to the market-place and cautioned 
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