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This was the only serious casualty in the collection. The loss 

 later on of two common red foxes was negligible. 



This ponderous shipment, of ten truck loads of animals and 

 five loads of food, occupied the forecastle house and a deck house 

 twenty-four by forty feet constructed by contract for the Society 

 at a cost of nearly $500. 



After a short and very satisfactory voyage, the Indie)- 

 reached Antwerp on November 23, and our keepers rendered 

 good assistance in disembarking and in getting the animals well 

 settled in their new quarters. Enough food was sent over to give 

 all the animals a good start. 



In expressing its thanks for and appreciation of the gift, the 

 Societe Royale de Zoologie surpassed all the existing records of 

 such matters of which we know. 



To the President of the New York Zoological Society, and 

 to the Director of the Park, separately, for their respective parts 

 in the matter, were sent highly artistic and beautifully illumi- 

 nated parchment memorials, printed in type over 350 years old, 

 and signed by each member of the Board of Directors of the 

 Antwerp Society. The medals of honor of the Society were be- 

 stowed upon each of the two officers named above, and both were 

 elected Honorary Members of the Antwerp Society. 



Altogether, the gift to Antwerp toward the restoration of 

 her beautiful Zoological Garden was carried through with com- 

 plete success and satisfaction. The New York Zoological Society 

 has done more than to offer mere words of sympathy over the 

 devastations of war, and has gone farther than to say in empty 

 words, "Be ye warmed and fed." It has been worth while for 

 science to show that its sympathy is susceptible of practical 

 demonstration. 



The food sent with the shipment of mammals was as follows : 



Sixty-eight bales of clover and timothy hay; 1,000 quarts 

 of crushed oats : 250 loaves of bread ; 200 bananas ; 75 cabbages ; 

 50 quarts of bran; 1 box of oranges; 1 crate of eggs; sundry 

 bags of carrots, potatoes and beets; 500 pounds of fresh meat 

 and 225 pounds of fresh fish. 



