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202 MY LIFEfor a place to stand the large cage on deck. A stockof food was required, which consisted chiefly ofbananas ; but to my surprise I found that they wouldeat cockroaches greedily, and as these abound onevery ship in the tropics, I hoped to be able to obtaina good supply. Every evening I went to the storeroomin the fore part of the ship, where I was allowedto brush the cockroaches into a biscuit tin.The journey to Suez offered no particular incident,and the birds continued in good health ; as did twoor three lories I had brought. But with the railwayjourney to Alexandria difficulties began. It was inFebruary, and the night was clear and almost frosty.The railway officials made difficulties, and it was onlyby representing the rarity and value of the birds thatI could have the cage placed in a box-truck. Whenwe got into the Mediterranean the weather becamesuddenly cold, and worse still, I found that the shipwas free from cockroaches. As I thought that animalfood was perhaps necessary to counteract the cold, Ifelt afraid for the safety of my charge, and determinedto stay a fortnight at Malta in order to reach Englanda little later, and also to lay in a store of the necessaryfood. I accordingly arranged to break my voyagethere, went to a hotel, and found that I could getunlimited cockroaches at a baker's close by.At Marseilles I again had trouble, but at lastsucceeded in getting them placed in a guard's van,with permission to enter and feed them en route.Passing through France it was a sharp frost, but theydid not seem to suffisr ; and when we reached LondonI was glad to transfer them into the care of Mr.Bartlett, who conveyed them to the ZoologicalGardens.Thus ended my Malayan travels.
LIFE INCHAPTER XIVLONDON, 1 862-1 8/ 1—SCIENTIFIC ANDLITERARY WORKOn reaching London in the spring of 1862 I wentto live with my brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Sims,who had a photographic business in WestbourneGrove. Here, in a large empty room at the top ofthe house, I brought together all the collections whichI had reserved for myself and which my agent, Mr.Stevens, had taken care of for me. I found myselfsurrounded by a quantity of packing-cases andstore-boxes, the contents of many of which I had notseen for five or six years, and to the examinationand study of which I looked forward with intenseinterest.From my first arrival in the East I had determinedto keep a complete set of certain groups from everyisland or distinct locality which I visited for my ownstudy on my return home, as I felt sure they wouldafford me very valuable materials for working out thegeographical distribution of animals in the archipelago,and also throw light on various other problems. Thesevarious sets of specimens were sent home regularlywith the duplicates for sale, but either packedseparately or so distinctly marked " Private " thatthey could be easily put aside till my return home.The groups thus reserved were the birds, butterflies,
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202 MY LIFEfor a place to st<strong>and</strong> the large cage on deck. A stock<strong>of</strong> food was required, which consisted chiefly <strong>of</strong>bananas ; but to my surprise I found that they wouldeat cockroaches greedily, <strong>and</strong> as these abound onevery ship in the tropics, I hoped to be able to obtaina good supply. Every evening I went to the storeroomin the fore part <strong>of</strong> the ship, where I was allowedto brush the cockroaches into a biscuit tin.The journey to Suez <strong>of</strong>fered no particular incident,<strong>and</strong> the birds continued in good health ; as did twoor three lories I had brought. But with the railwayjourney to Alex<strong>and</strong>ria difficulties began. It was inFebruary, <strong>and</strong> the night was clear <strong>and</strong> almost frosty.The railway <strong>of</strong>ficials made difficulties, <strong>and</strong> it was onlyby representing the rarity <strong>and</strong> value <strong>of</strong> the birds thatI could have the cage placed in a box-truck. Whenwe got into the Mediterranean the weather becamesuddenly cold, <strong>and</strong> worse still, I found that the shipwas free from cockroaches. As I thought that animalfood was perhaps necessary to counteract the cold, Ifelt afraid for the safety <strong>of</strong> my charge, <strong>and</strong> determinedto stay a fortnight at Malta in order to reach Engl<strong>and</strong>a little later, <strong>and</strong> also to lay in a store <strong>of</strong> the necessaryfood. I accordingly arranged to break my voyagethere, went to a hotel, <strong>and</strong> found that I could getunlimited cockroaches at a baker's close by.At Marseilles I again had trouble, but at lastsucceeded in getting them placed in a guard's van,with permission to enter <strong>and</strong> feed them en route.Passing through France it was a sharp frost, but theydid not seem to suffisr ; <strong>and</strong> when we reached LondonI was glad to transfer them into the care <strong>of</strong> Mr.Bartlett, who conveyed them to the ZoologicalGardens.Thus ended my Malayan travels.
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