ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 101 
ON THE DECK OF THE 
CHINESE PRINCE 
Collection of animals from South Africa for the Zoological Park. 
Photograph by A. K. Haagner 
The zoological expedition projected in 1916 
by the New York and Philadelphia Zoological 
Societies ended when the 
steamship Chinese Prince arrived at Philadel- 
was successfully 
phia a few days ago with the largest consign- 
ment brought out of Africa since the war. It is 
probable that the shipment was the most varied 
and zoologically the most valuable that ever left 
Africa in a single steamship. 
The collection consisted of ninety-six crates 
and boxes. These were ranged in four tiers fifty 
feet long on the after deck of the vessel. The 
Pretoria railroad officials, the officers of the 
Chinese Prince and the officials of the company 
LOADING AT CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA 
Hoisting one of the animal crates from the cars to the deck of the ship. 
Photograph by A, K. Haagner 
