ELEPHANTS 
him here should he return in a specified time. Scott 
immediately begged me not to carry out my intention of 
giving him a holiday, stating that if I would only give 
him another day he would do his best to induce “ Jumbo ” 
to enter his box. To this I agreed, and on the following 
morning “Jumbo” was safely housed. 
“ ALICE.” 
The African elephant “ Alice ” was purchased of the late 
Mr. C. Rice (who at the time had an establishment in 
St. George’s Street, E.) for the sum of £500. At that time 
she was under 4 ft. in height. She was very tractable. 
So small was she that it was suggested that she should 
be put in a cab and taken to the Gardens. Being anxious 
to remove her that same afternoon I determined to walk 
her through the streets. This I managed in spite of 
the trouble and annoyance caused by a crowd of two 
to three hundred of the London mob, composed as a 
London mob usually is of a lot of dirty, ragged, noisy boys, 
and not a few of that nomad, the London rough, the 
curse to modern travellers about town. Notwithstanding 
these difficulties I reached the Gardens just as it was 
dark. Finding my dinner awaiting me, I introduced my 
companion “ Alice,” who seated herself by my side at the 
table and evidently enjoyed the bread, apples, etc., with 
which I supplied her. 
ACCIDENT TO “ALICE.” 
One morning about nine o’clock in the month of 
August, Waterman, one of the keepers, came to me in 
breathless haste asking me to come to the elephant-house, 
at the same time saying that “ Alice,” the female African 
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