WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
keepers time to get out as fast as they could and how they 
could, through the ingenious ‘ man-hole ’ or guard in the 
railing, made in case of emergencies. Neither the 
rhinoceros nor the men received the slightest injury. 
Shortly after the accident I saw the rhinoceros munching 
her breakfast as if nothing had happened. The rhinoceros 
was the big female ; she is about 10 ft. 6 in. long and 
about 5 ft. high at the shoulder, and she weighs at a guess 
between three and four tons. The ice I found was 4 in. 
thick. 
“ I think the Society are much indebted to Mr. Bartlett 
for the admirable way in which he prevented what might 
have been a bad accident.” 
