So I knew I was to take the place of the crocodile, and be made a show
of.

I tried to make the best of things. Folks amused me by standing near
the tank and talking about affairs. The band played delightfully. Salt
water was freshly supplied me every day or two. I learned that my fare
was much greater than any other voyager's on board, that is, it cost
more to carry me.

But think of a passenger that would have been perfectly thankful to have
been thrown overboard! I was that same fellow.

After about ten days, which seemed like a year to me, there was great
excitement all around. Such a running and tramping, such a waving of
hats and handkerchiefs. Ah! we were landing. Roland came to my side and
exclaimed:

"Good-by, Dolly, old boy! I may see you sometime in your new quarters."
Little Amy lisped a hurried, "By, by, Dolly, good Fishy!" and after an
hour or two, all the passengers had left the boat except the man who
owned me and myself.

Nor was I moved until the next day. Then I was made to swim into a
smaller tank, not much longer than I am, in which I could not have
lived, it seemed to me, a single day.

[Illustration: "I WAS GIVEN MY FIRST RIDE ON LAND"]

But I was next boosted, tank and all, on to a great dray, drawn by