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No. 7. -Vol. 4. 
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EDITED BY JOHN D HAMLYN, 
LONDON, NOVEMBER, 1918. 
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OUR TRADE-1914-18. 
By John D. Hami.v.n. 
The Great War being over, I think it might 
interest my readers to give an account of the 
Trade during the past four years. 
Commencing In August, 1914, 1 found the 
demand for Wild Animals, Birds and Reptiles 
absolutely nil. In the previous month (July, the 
sale was about a thousand pounds. The sale in 
August dropped to twenty pounds which greatly 
Upset and disturbed the business in general and 
myself in particular. 
Having a large number of Baboons, Mon- 
keys and small animals, of which no sale could 
be made in Great Britain, I decided to exchange 
these with a dealer in Holland for Canaries, of- 
which there was at that time a large number for 
disposal in Holland. It was my first attempt in 
the Canary business and proved a decided suc- 
cess. My entry into the Canary World aroused 
considerable feeling in that particular line. Still 
I continued to exchange with the Dutch dealer 
until his supply was exhausted, but I also dis- 
covered about this time that the demand was fall- 
ing off. 
Whether the famous Dutch birds come into 
the Trade again, time will only shew, but during 
the two years about 10,000 were sold which cer- 
tainly constitutes a record. 
The New York Trade was greatly affected. 
The American dealers had for years past been 
drawing their supplies from Central Europe. The 
dealers of Central Europe — Austrians and Ger- 
mans — had their collectors everywhere. The Wild 
Beast Trade was absolutely controlled from Ger- 
many. It must never be so again. 
Their collectors were in Australia, Africa and 
India, in fact wherever any specimens were to be 
obtained. Their outlet was the whole of Europe 
and the American Continent. The amateurs of 
Great Britain were some of their best customers. 
Only in July, 1915, the then Editor of "The 
Avicultural Magazine," Mr. H. D. Astley, made 
a very pompous and unfair attack on English 
Dealers in general. It was my intention to repro- 
duce this precious article, " English Bird Dealers 
versus Germans," which appeared in July, 1915, 
but I decided to wait until the end of the War. 
Af'ter stating the Germans were many point-, 
superior to the English, more honest, more 
thorough in business, more courteous to clients, I 
was surprised to read the following letter in the 
"Daily Mail" :— 
"A French officer who owns a chateau 
which was occupied by German officers to- 
wards the beginning of the war, told me that 
when they left they deliberately befouled not 
only the carpet but also the bed in his 
mother's bedroom. 
