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shipped them across the Atlantic. The acclima- 

 tization and breeding of animals in captivity is a 

 business in itself. 



Hagenbeck approached me several times with 

 the proposition to become his exclusive agent in 

 the Far East, but I preferred to have my own busi- 

 ness and sell independently. Both he and Cross of 

 Liverpool kept me busy with orders; and, with 

 the orders from Australia, I found that I had a 

 greater demand that I could meet. Almost every 

 boat that came to Singapore from the districts 

 where animals were captured brought specimens, 

 and I was continually pressing my agents to send 

 more. I traveled constantly throughout the Archi- 

 pelago, urging the natives to work faster and keep- 

 ing in touch with the source of my supply. As I 

 have said before, I made few excursions into the 

 jungle, and then only when it was impossible for 

 my agents, who were generally headmen, to leave 

 their kampongs and come to the coast. 



Trengganu, with its jungles full of animals, was 

 my favorite territory. I had the valuable privilege 

 of being practically the only white man who could 

 enter that country. In it I passed so much of my 

 time that I finally had a house built there for me. 

 My presence speeded the work of capturing, though 

 I took no part in it except to talk with the head- 

 men when they came to the coast. The Sultan gave 

 me unlimited power in handling the natives, and 



