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potamuses, and rhinoceros could be induced to enter large substantial 

 crates, they were moved from their old quarters into the new, large- 

 mammal house. Almost a full day was required for each animal 

 moved, and in some cases the gates of the Park were closed so that 

 visitors would not be in the way and would not be jeopardized should 

 an accident occur. Every possible precaution had been taken to 

 insure the successful accomplishment of the moves, and there was no 

 unhappy incident. The suggestion had been frequently made that 

 the elephants might be walked up to the building, but they had not 

 been accustomed to discipline outside of their yards, and it was 

 deemed inadvisable to do this. The crate used to move the elephants 

 was 10 feet 10 inches high, 7 feet 4 inches wide, and 18 feet long, 

 overall, and weighed 5^2 tons. Other smaller animals, such as the 

 tapirs and pigmy hippopotamuses, were moved by the Park force. 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION EXPE- 

 DITION TO THE EAST INDIES 



As was recorded in the previous annual report, this expedition left 

 Washington in two sections. On January 19, 1937, Dr. Mann, direc- 

 tor of the Park, Mrs. Mann, and Dr. Maynard Owen Williams, chief 

 of the foreign editorial staff of the National Geographic Magazine, 

 sailed from Vancouver, B. C, for the Orient. Making various stops 

 en route, and visiting zoos in Japan, China, and Malaya, they finally 

 reached Pematang Siantar, in Sumatra, where the base camp was 

 established. On February 9, Roy Jennier, assistant head keeper, and 

 Malcolm Davis, keeper of the National Zoological Park, left Wash- 

 ington with 28 American animals and, sailing by way of Cape of 

 Good Hope, arrived at the Sumatra base camp on March 22. 



While the headquarters had been near the north end of the Island 

 of Sumatra, the animals were assembled from widely scattered points 

 in the southern Asiatic and Malayan region. Dr. and Mrs. Mami had 

 made trips to Siam, Johore, Singapore, Java, Celebes, and the Mo- 

 luccas, and had arranged with numerous parties to assist in the col- 

 lection of specimens. Noteworthy help was obtained from J. A. 

 Coenraad, director of the zoo at Siantar; J. M. Lynkamp, manager 

 of the Naga Hoeta Tea Estate, in Sumatra; and A. Baron Van 

 Styrum, of the Deli Railroad. The giraffes and African buffaloes 

 were loaded at Port Sudan, in accordance with arrangements that 

 had been made with the game warden of the Khartoum Government, 

 Egyptian Sudan. 



His Highness, the Crown Prince of Johore, presented the expedi- 

 tion with a pair of black leopards and a fine Bennett's cassowary. 

 From the Zoo at Fort de Kock, through C. Grootes, and from the Zoo 

 at Batavia, through J. M. N. A. Niemans, were received a number of 



