Thus rapid were the transitions from surprise to pity, and to mirth, as we passed along, and yet to wonder and astonishment, which had been reserved for the remotest and the last. Before the massive _elephant_ little or nothing was said; all hands were over their mouths; their tobacco was forgotten, they walked quietly away, and all of us being seated under an arbour, to which we were conducted, our kind guide said to Jeffrey, "Tell the Indians that the immense arch they see now over their heads is made of the jaw-bones of a whale, and they may now imagine themselves and the whole party sitting in its mouth." "Well, now," said Jeffrey, "you don't say so?" "Yes, it's even so." "Well, I declare! why, the elephant would be a mere baby to it." Jeffrey explained it to the Indians, and having risen from their seats, and being satisfied, by feeling it, that it was actually bone, they wished to go home, and "see the rest at a future time." We were then near the gate, where we soon took our carriage, and returned to their quarters in St. James's Street. CHAPTER XXI. Indians' remarks on the Zoological Gardens--Their pity for the poor buffalo and other animals imprisoned--Jim's talk with a clergyman about Hell and the hyænas--Indians' ideas of astronomy--Jim and the Doctor hear of the hells of London--Desire to go into them--Promised to go--Indians counting the gin-palaces (_chickabobboo-ags_)in a ride to Blackwall and back--The result--Exhibition in the Egyptian Hall--A sudden excitement--The War-chief recognises in the crowd his old friend "Bobasheela"--Their former lives on the Mississippi and Missouri--Bobasheela an Englishman--His travels in the "Far West" of America--Story of their first acquaintance--The doomed wedding-party--Lieut. Pike--Daniel Boone and Son--Indians visit a great brewery--Kind reception by the proprietors--Great surprise of the Indians--Immense quantities of _chickabobboo_--War-dance in an empty vat--Daniel commences Jim's book of the statistics of England--Indians visit the Tunnel--Visit to the Tower--The Horse Armoury--The Royal Regalia--Indians' ideas of the crowns and jewels--"_Totems_" (arms) on the fronts of noblemen's houses--Royal arms over the shops--Strange notions of the Doctor--They see the "man with the big nose" again--And the "great white War-chief (the Duke of Wellington) on horseback, near his wig-wam."