REMINISCENCES FROM THE MELBOURNE ZOO. 
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able performances to watch in the animal world is a camel at these antics. 
He seems to get all his feet tangled up together in one whirling mass of 
kicks, while his body is contorted into the queerest serpentine twists. 
This, though done purely for exhibition purposes, frightened the goat, 
more than ever, and in his desperate efforts to escape he dashed into the^ 
camel’s house and hid in a dark corner. This seemed to please the 
camel immensely. He walked up and peeped in cautiously, and when he 
An Imp of Mischief. 
saw the goat lying down he went in and lay down beside him in most 
friendly fashion, making that strange bubbling sound a camel always 
emits when he is more than ordinarily satisfied with life. The goat 
endured it as long as he had any wits left, and then he sprang over 
the camel’s back and got into the open air again. The camel good- 
naturedly followed him at once, and there ensued a scamper around the 
paddock that the host enjoyed far more than the self-invited guest. 
Again the goat rushed to the only port in this storm, and again the camel 
