INDEX 299 
ordinary digestive power of, 186-89; and capacity of, for fasting, 
189, 190; breeding of, 191, 192 ; low intelligence of, 192, 193; ex- 
traction of poison from, 194; experiments in inoculation with their 
venom, 195, 196. 
Somaliland, method of hunting ostriches in, 271, 272. 
Somalis, 25. 
Spielbudenplatz, earliest Hagenbeck menagerie in, 1, 2; extension of 
premises in, 8; removal from, 15; ravages of rats in, 163; boa- 
constrictors escape in, 183. 
Stellingen Zoological Park, origin of, 1; trained troupes in, 37; pur- 
chase and development of, 38, 39-45; ostrich farm at, 45, 255- 
66; pet carnivores in, 102-6; experiments in acclimatisation in, 
115, 202-11; and in natural environment, 2113 breeding and cross- 
breeding in, 215, 216; description of, 230 e¢ sgg. ; animal amuse- 
ments in, 236-41 ; loves and friendships in, 241, 242; walruses in, 
242-44, 250, 251; Statistics of population in and commissariat of, 
251-53; improvements in process of being made in, 253, 254. 
Stuttgart, Zoological Gardens at, reference to, 117. 
Sudan, the Egyptian, rich in animal life, 7, 8, 47, 48; closed to Europeans, 
25, 48, 176; hunters and hunted in, 48-53; destruction of game 
in, during and after the war, 69, 70; reduction and extinction of 
native tribes in, 71. , 
Taka, swordsmen of, 51, 57, 70. 
Takruris, the, their methods of hunting, 57. 
Tigers. See Carnivores. 
Transport of wild animals, difficulties of, in the Sudan, 65-67 ; from Siberia, 
87-89. 
Trieste, disembarkation of animals at, 13, 14. 
“ Trieste,” a Somali lion, history of, 102, 103. 
“ Tsamba,” composition of, 80. 
Uxupak, an Eskimo, visit of, to Germany, 21-25. 
Vienna, Zoological Gardens at, reference to, 175. 
Virchow, Professor, and the African elephants, 160-62. 
WALRUSES, pugnacity of, 242; feeding of, 243, 244; method of capturing, 
244-48; habits of, 248, 249; treatment of newly arrived, 250, 251. 
Ward, Rowland, 154. 
Westermann, Dr., director of Amsterdam Zoological Gardens, his account 
of a fasting snake, 189, 190. 
William I., German Emperor, 25, 45. 
Woodward, an American animal trainer, his hinge seals and sea-lions, 144, 
145. 
Zepras, hunting of, 70; different species and qualities of, 71. 
Zebroids, 219. 
Zebus, Indian, imported for crossing purposes, 216. 
