In March 1881, Farini returned to the United States from London with costumes from all over the world and planned to form a massive circus with William C. Coup. By 1882, he was arranging many of the entertainments at the Royal Aquarium in London. The heavily tattooed Captain George Costentenus was among the acts he exhibited at the Royal Aquarium. In the early 1880s, he adopted the Laotian girl Krao Farini and exhibited her as the Missing Link. The explorer Carl Bock had found her while on expedition that Farini had financed. For the next few years he came up with many such acts, even partnering with the legendary P.T. Barnum for some time, before he left for Africa in January 1885.