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Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper
Matthew Scott
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My dear, good, and much-loved mother was born on the same estate.
Our family consisted of sixteen sons and one daughter—a goodly number—and I am the fifteenth son (though “better late than never”).
I lost my dear father when I was four years old—he lived to the age of three score years and ten.
My mother lived to survive him several years.
When I was sent to London in 1851, I left the dear old soul hearty and in good spirits, proud of her boy’s going up to the biggest city in the world. I verily believe the good woman thought her fifteenth son was going to turn out something unusual. Although she used to say that I was “a rough, naughty lad, ful. . . Read More
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