“Honour bright, sir; lots on ’em. They feeds ’em on Chinees.”
“Feed them on Chinese, Dick?”
“Well sir, the tigers help theirselves to the coolies when they’re at work.”
“Anything else, Dick?”
“Lor, bless you! yes, sir; there’s elephants.”
“Are you sure?”
“Sure, sir. I’ve seen ’em, heaps o’ times; and rhinosseress, and hippypotimies, and foreign birds, and snakes.”
“Are there snakes, Dick?”
“Are there snakes! He says, are there snakes?” said Dick, apostrophising the sea. “Why the last time as ever I was there, they caught a boa-constrictor as was—”
“Don’t make him too long, Dick,” said the boy laughing.