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CH. III. 
it was the celebrated dog that attends nearly all 
the fires in London. He does not attach himself, 
it seems, to any particular body of firemen, but is 
to be found sometimes with one company and 
sometimes with another. 
‘ R. came home soon after we did, and brought 
his regimentals with him for me to clean the 
silver braid. 
' J line 6. — This morning at 7 o’clock Dr. 
Milne Edwards came by appointment to see R., 
and they both examined things by the micro- 
scope till breakfast-time. Then young Scharf 
brought the prints of the giraffes. 
‘ In the evening Mr. Hills, the water-colour 
painter, looked in and we had some music, and 
did not get to bed till nearly four. R. told me 
to-day the names of the new giraffes. The one 
with a talisman round his neck is called Selim 
(fortunate). The others are called Mabrouk 
(favourite), Guib-allah (God’s gift), and Zaida 
(happy).’ 
' Jtdy 10. — My father and R. in at Mr. 
Belfour’s about the Secretaryship. As R. came 
home sooner than I expected, we went off as 
usual to the Gardens. The elephant was most 
ridiculous. One of the giraffes came out of the 
house while the elephant was on that side of the 
paddock and simply terrified the great coward by 
stretching out his long neck to stare at him. 
The elephant was so frightened he got into 
