WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
and looking round on all sides, seemingly with a deter- 
mination not to be caught in that way again, he trotted 
off at a brisker pace than before. No sooner was an 
attempt made to follow him than he turned to face his 
foes, and satisfied most of them that a too close ac- 
quaintance was dangerous ; at the same time it was clear 
that he had no particular wish to rush into mischief As 
the men stood still in a body he merely looked at them, 
and, after a few seconds’ consideration, walked leisurely 
away. 
It was then arranged to muster in front of him when- 
ever he attempted to go in any direction leading out of 
the Gardens, or to any part of the Gardens in which he 
was likely to do damage. 
If this plan succeeded they could turn him without 
going near enough to be in any great danger, so after two 
or three hours’ dodging him about they managed to drive 
him into the passage at the end of the Carnivora dens, on 
the north side and close to the den he had escaped from. 
Here he was at once secured. Possibly no one suffered, in 
comparison, anything equal to the fright of the wife and 
children of the head-keeper, whom he had carefully locked 
in, and who were in the dark all this time. They naturally 
supposed that everybody must have been killed, and that 
it would be their turn next, because the few hours of this 
dreadful suspense and uncertainty seemed a much longer 
time than was really the case. 
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