﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  93 
  

  

  The 
  Pathe 
  Review 
  sent 
  with 
  the 
  party 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Charlton 
  to 
  

   make 
  a 
  pictorial 
  chronicle 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  The 
  trip 
  

   lasted 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  October, 
  and 
  four 
  months 
  were 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  collecting 
  animals. 
  

  

  Before 
  starting, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  take-down 
  crates 
  for 
  the 
  carriage 
  

   of 
  larger 
  animals 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  shops 
  in 
  the 
  park, 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Blackburne. 
  These 
  proved 
  invaluable 
  in 
  

   the 
  field. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  Marine 
  Corps 
  supplied 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   field 
  supplies 
  and 
  the 
  Freedmen's 
  Hospital 
  the 
  necessary 
  medicines. 
  

  

  On 
  arrival 
  at 
  Dar-es-Salaam, 
  His 
  Excellency 
  Sir 
  Donald 
  Cam- 
  

   eron, 
  Governor 
  of 
  Tanganyika, 
  presented 
  a 
  license 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  animals 
  and 
  gave 
  instructions 
  to 
  various 
  civil 
  officers 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  

   party 
  in 
  its 
  work. 
  In 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  expedition 
  engaged 
  Mr. 
  George 
  

   Runton 
  and 
  afterwards 
  Mr, 
  Charles 
  Goss, 
  both 
  well 
  known 
  African 
  

   hunters, 
  as 
  guides 
  and 
  interpreters. 
  Headquarters 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  

   Dodoma, 
  250 
  miles 
  inland 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Loveridge 
  maintained 
  the 
  base 
  

   camp. 
  Mr. 
  Carnochan 
  went 
  farther 
  west 
  to 
  Tabora, 
  Mr. 
  Haweis, 
  to 
  

   Mhonde, 
  and 
  Doctor 
  Mann 
  spent 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  time 
  on 
  " 
  safari 
  " 
  

   visiting 
  the 
  region 
  about 
  Lake 
  Manyara 
  and 
  afterwards 
  farther 
  

   south, 
  the 
  Tula 
  district. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  four 
  months, 
  the 
  party 
  em- 
  

   barked 
  with 
  the 
  collection 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  States, 
  via 
  Colombo, 
  

   arriving 
  at 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Boston 
  October 
  24, 
  having 
  suffered 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  small 
  loss 
  among 
  the 
  animals 
  en 
  route. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  animals 
  secured, 
  numbers 
  were 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  collection. 
  

   Among 
  these, 
  giraffe, 
  white-bearded 
  gnu, 
  impalla, 
  reed 
  buck, 
  and 
  

   long-eared 
  fox 
  had 
  never 
  before 
  been 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  A 
  

   male 
  greater 
  laidu, 
  a 
  female 
  eland 
  (the 
  latter 
  obtained 
  through 
  the 
  

   efforts 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  warden, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Swynnerton), 
  a 
  quartet 
  of 
  

   wart 
  hog's, 
  five 
  leopards, 
  five 
  hyenas, 
  ratel, 
  and 
  civet 
  cats 
  fill 
  long- 
  felt 
  

   gaps 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  Among 
  the 
  70 
  monkeys 
  brought 
  home 
  were 
  

   a 
  group 
  of 
  five 
  blue 
  monkeys, 
  a 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  desirable 
  species, 
  and 
  

   five 
  purple-faced 
  monkeys, 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  our 
  

   Zoo. 
  From 
  the 
  Sudan 
  Government 
  was 
  secured 
  a 
  splendid 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  of 
  a 
  shoebill 
  stork, 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  arrive 
  in 
  America 
  and 
  the 
  

   first 
  in 
  Washington. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  smaller 
  mammals, 
  such 
  as 
  porcupines, 
  

   hedgehogs, 
  genets, 
  five 
  species 
  of 
  mongoose, 
  jackals, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Quantities 
  of 
  birds 
  were 
  brought 
  home, 
  among 
  these 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  

   six 
  crowned 
  cranes 
  and 
  two 
  rare 
  species 
  of 
  lovebirds, 
  Agapornis 
  

   personata 
  and 
  Agapornis 
  fischeri^ 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  unique 
  in 
  American 
  

   collections. 
  

  

  Because 
  of 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  facilities 
  at 
  the 
  park 
  for 
  housing 
  them, 
  

   no 
  especial 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  get 
  reptiles 
  in 
  quantities, 
  but 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  African 
  rock 
  pythons, 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  American 
  collections, 
  

   black 
  spitting 
  cobras, 
  Egyptian 
  cobras, 
  and 
  boomslangs 
  were 
  secured. 
  

  

  