RY, that's the kind of mask worn
by savages!

_Henry_. Always--or only on the fifth of November, Miss GOOLE?

[_He records a mental vow never to visit a Savage Island on
Guy Fawkes' Day, and makes a prolonged study of the mask, with
a view to future nightmares._

_A kind, but dense Uncle_ (_to Niece_). All these curious things were
made by cannibals, ETHEL--savages who eat one another you know.

_Ethel_ (_suggestively_). But, I suppose, Uncle, they wouldn't eat one
another if they had anyone to give them _buns_, would they?

[_Her Uncle discusses the suggestion elaborately, but without
appreciating the hint; the Governess has caught sight of a
huge and hideous Hawaiian Idol, with a furry orange-coloured
head, big mother-o'-pearl eyes, with black balls for the
pupils, and a grinning mouth picked out with shark's teeth, to
which she introduces the horrified HENRY._

_Miss Goole_. Now, HENRY, you see the kind of idol the poor savages
say their prayers to.

_Harry_ (_tremulously_). But n-not just before they go to bed, do
they, Miss GOOLE?

AMONG THE MUMMIES.

_The Uncle_. That's King RAMESES' mummy, ETHEL.

_Ethel_. And what was _her_ name, Uncle?

_The Governess_ (_halting before a cast containing a partially
unrolled mummy, the spine and thigh of which are exposed to view_).
Fancy, HENRY, that's part of an Egyptian who has been dead for
thousands of years! Why, you're not _frightened_, are you?

_Harry_ (_shaking_). No, I'm not frightened, Miss GOOLE--only, if you
don't mind, I--I'd rather see a gentleman not _quite_ so dead. And
there's one over there with a gold face and glass eyes, and he looked
at me, and--and please, I _don't_ think this is the place to bring
such a little boy as me to!

_A Party is examining a Case of Mummied Animals._

_The Leader_. Here you are, you see, mummy cats--don't they look
comical all stuck up in a row there?

_First Woman_. Dear, dear--to think o' going to all that expense when
they might have had 'em stuffed on a cushion! And monkeys, and dogs
too--well, I'm sure, fancy _that_, now!

_Second Woman_. And there's a mummied crocodile down there. I _don't_
see what they 'd want with a mummy _crocodile_, do you?

_The Leader_ (_with an air of perfect comprehension of Egyptian
customs_). Well, you see, they took whatever they could get 'old of,
_they_ did.

IN THE PREHISTORIC GALLERY.

_Old Lady_ (_to_ Policeman). Oh, Policeman, c