ELEPHANT LIFE IN ENGLAND 
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“ great interest taken by the public in the removal 
of a favourite animal.” The splendid new Reptile 
House, with its unrivalled facilities for observing the 
habits of the snakes, lizards, and alligators, was the 
result of this most welcome windfall. It was in fact 
the legacy of the African elephant to the Zoo. 
The facts as to Jumbo’s state of mind were after- 
wards clearly given by Mr. Bartlett. During the 
last years of his life in the Gardens he became at 
times very excited, and terrified every one who came 
near him except his keeper Scott, who had extra- 
ordinary control over him. “ Scott,” added Mr. 
Bartlett, “was a very curious man himself, and it 
was with the greatest difficulty that he could be 
persuaded to allow another man to assist him in the 
management of the huge animal. It was feared 
that if Scott fell ill, or were injured by the elephant, 
he would be entirely unmanageable, for no other 
man dared go near him in his house, though when 
out at exercise he was perfectly quiet. At night, 
however, he would tear about and almost shake the 
house down, and became such a source of trouble 
that the Council decided to part with him.” 
He was quite tractable in Barnum’s show, and 
became the father of two little elephants. Scott 
went with him, and after his death in a collision with 
a locomotive, was offered the charge of a large stud 
of elephants which was shown afterwards at Olympia. 
But his sturdy independence rebelled against the 
wearing of “ costume,” which Barnum’s feeling for 
