Going up in a balloon would be much better fun if people could only be
sure that they would not come plunging down on the top of a high
mountain, into the depths of a wood, or, like those unfortunate
gentlemen, plump into the middle of a body of water. Why did you feel so
badly about letting your little American friends see Jumbo? By the time
you read this perhaps we will understand how it was that the English
children were so fond of this big elephant that they grieved over
sparing him to us. We wish we had some huge American pet to send over
the Atlantic to take his place in your affections.
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