Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper; Also Jumbo's Biography, by the same Author. Matthew Taubold Scott

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       Matthew Scott

      Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper; Also Jumbo's Biography, by the same Author

      Published by Good Press, 2021

       [email protected]

      EAN 4064066096014

      Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I.

       MY BIRTH-PLACE AND START IN LIFE.

       CHAPTER II.

       MY FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A KEEPER.

       CHAPTER III.

       MY EXPERIENCE WITH BIRDS AT KNOWSLEY.

       CHAPTER IV.

       MY LIFE AT LORD DERBY’S SEAT, KNOWSLEY, ENGLAND.

       CHAPTER V.

       MY EXPERIENCES IN THE ZOÖLOGICAL SOCIETY’S GARDENS, LONDON—ALSO SOME REMARKS ABOUT A STRANGE BIRD, THE APTERYX.

       CHAPTER VI.

       THE PECULIAR NATURE AND HABITS OF THE APTERYX—THE STRANGEST OF ALL BIRDS.

       CHAPTER VII.

       MORE ABOUT THE APTERYX AND OSTRICH TRIBE GENERALLY.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       THE LANDSEER MEDAL, PRESENTED TO ME BY THE ZOÖLOGICAL SOCIETY, LONDON, 1866—CONCLUSION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

       CHAPTER I.

       JUMBO’S FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE ZOÖLOGICAL GARDENS, LONDON.

       CHAPTER II.

       JUMBO’S COMPANION ELEPHANT ALICE, AT THE ZOÖLOGICAL GARDENS, LONDON.

       CHAPTER III.

       JUMBO AS A SWIMMER.

       CHAPTER IV.

       JUMBO’S BUSY LIFE AT THE ZOÖLOGICAL GARDENS, AND HIS LOVE FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.

       CHAPTER V.

       JUMBO’S FONDNESS FOR MUSIC AND HIS KEEPER.

       CHAPTER VI.

       ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY MR. P. T. BARNUM, “THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH,” TO EXHIBIT JUMBO IN THE UNITED STATES.

       CHAPTER VII.

       JUMBO’S DEEP GRIEF ON PARTING WITH HIS WIFE ALICE.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       JUMBO’S DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND AND VOYAGE TO THE UNITED STATES.

       CHAPTER IX.

       JUMBO’S HABITS, GOOD AND BAD, AND HIS GREAT POPULARITY.

       CHAPTER X.

       ACCIDENTS CAUSED HIS KEEPER BY JUMBO; ALSO, HOW HE SAVED HIS KEEPER’S LIFE.

       CHAPTER XI.

       JUMBO’S TRIP OVER THE GREAT BROOKLYN BRIDGE—DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE, ETC.

       CHAPTER XII.

       HOW JUMBO WAS IMPRESSED BY THE “GREAT BRIDGE”—VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND CONCLUSIONS.