tion that Carlos indicated, and saw that there was quite a crowd
of men, women, and children at the place, all engaged, evidently, in
looking at something or other very intently.

"Let's go and see," said Rollo.

So the boys went along that way together. They soon came in view of a
very high and strong palisade, which, though it was half concealed by
trees and shrubbery, evidently enclosed quite a considerable area, in
the centre of which was a large stone building, like a castle, with
projecting wings and towers, and immense gateways opening into it on
various sides. This building was the residence of all the
_monsters_--the elephants, the giraffes, the rhinoceros, and the
hippopotamus. Each of these species had its own separate apartment in
the castle; and the ground surrounding it, within the great palisade,
was divided into as many yards as there were doors; so that each kind of
animal had its own proper enclosure. In one of these enclosures the
rhinoceros was walking about, clothed in his plated and invulnerable
hide; and in the next there were two elephants. The crowd of people were
chiefly occupied in looking at the elephants. The palisade was very
heavy and strong, being formed of timbers pointed at the top, and nearly
as high as the elephants could reach. These palisades were, however,
not close together. They were far enough apart to allow of the elephants
putting their trunks through to the people outside, and also to give the
people a good opportunity to look. Though these timbers were thus set at
some distance apart from each other, they wore still connected together,
and all held firmly in their places, by two iron rails which passed
through them all, one near the top, and the other near the bottom, of
the palisade, all along the range. They thus formed a fencing so heavy
and strong that even the elephants could not break it down.

The visitors could not come quite up to the elephants; for outside of
this great palisade, at a distance of about three feet from it, there
was a high paling, made expressly to keep the spectators back. At the
time when Rollo and Carlos came to the place the elephants were putting
their trunks through to the people, in order to be fed with nuts, cake,
gingerbread, and other such things which the people had ready to give
them. Sometimes they would order the elephants to hold up their trunks
and open their mouths, and then the men would try to toss pieces of
gingerbread in. The