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Hagenbeck’s staff — they were bought from that famous collection in 
Germany ; and he was so proud of delivering them safe and well into the 
hands of the buyers that, when he was offered an honorarium as an 
acknowledgment of his care, he refused it on the ground that the feat 
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would make him so famous in his native land that his success in itself 
would be a sufficient reward. Never did Indian nabob travel with such 
scrupulous attention to his comfort as this pair had on their long out- 
ward voyage. Hagenbeck had had specially constructed houses pre- 
