MY LIFE IN THE ANIMAL TRADE 15 
of £1,000. The reader may think that I had made a good 
bargain in this, and at the time I was under a like impres- 
sion. But it seems I was wrong. For my American friend 
took the animals across to his own country and sold them for 
41,700, £1,600 and £1,500 respectively. 
I was married in March, 1871, and am blessed with five 
children and thirteen grandchildren, my two sons now being 
partners with me in the business. With the growth of the 
trade during the sixties and early seventies it became im- 
perative to find a larger site for my menagerie; in spite of 
extensions, we had completely outgrown our old quarters in 
Spielbudenplatz. After a long search I found a suitable 
Reindeer. 
spot at Neuer Pferdemarkt, in Hamburg. This consisted of 
a dwelling-house, having a large garden behind—nearly two 
acres in extent—in which it would be possible to erect the 
necessary buildings, stables, etc. I therefore bought the place, 
and in April, 1874, we took up our abode in our new home. 
The transference of the menagerie to Neuer Pferdemarkt 
brings us to the end of the first period in the history of the 
business. Hitherto we had been merely animal dealers ; 
henceforth we were to initiate and develop other, though 
related, branches of trade. About the middle of the seven- 
ties the supply of wild beasts began to exceed the demand, 
