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herbivora as he was likely to obtain, for one of the conditions 
necessary to secure their entry into the United States was that no 
forage from Africa should be brought with the animals. He arrived 
at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, August 31, and, returning, sailed 
from Durban November 22. 
The opportunities for securing animals to bring back were found 
to be in some respects less favorable than had been anticipated. 
Business conditions generally had been disturbed by the war, and 
animals were no longer being captured and held for sale to the 
traveling buyers for European dealers, who, it was known, would 
now be unable to come. Most of the few animals that had been 
Fic. 46.—Herd of sable antelope brought in by the hunters. National Zoological 
Gardens, Pretoria, South Africa. 
available were bought and taken away by a private buyer who passed 
through the region not very long before Mr. Loring arrived. For- 
tunately the zoological garden at Pretoria was fairly well stocked, 
and the director was kind enough to deplete the collection some- 
what for the benefit of his distant colleagues. Most of the animals 
which Mr. Loring brought back were obtained there, an interest- 
ing collection of mammals and birds being secured. Two nice 
lots of snakes and tortoises were obtained elsewhere. There was 
practically no loss during transportation except a koodoo which 
broke its neck soon after being put in the shipping crate. The 
voyage from Durban occupied forty-one days, from November 22 
to January 2, and on arrival at Boston the animals were immediately 
transferred by express to the New York Zoological Park, where 
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