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vate, shall have to be reconstructed. The 
Fanciers have all had to suffer very much 
from the scarcity of hand labour and the re- 
strictions of food stuffs. 
I for one have had to suppress all grain 
eating animals, and have only kept such as I 
could feed with the vegetables from my kit- 
chen garden. 
Numerous large collections such as Dela- 
cour's and Pays Melier's, have been utterly 
destroyed, that of Delacour by the German 
gunfire and asphyxiating shells; many more 
have been equally unfortunate. 
I should be very thankful if you could 
let me have the September and October num- 
bers of the Magazine, which I mention in our 
papers when I find some opportunity of doing 
so. 
I subjoin a little poem which has been 
translated into English by Harting, and 
remain." 
This poem^ "The Pigeons of Paris," so 
ably translated by Mr. James Edmund Harting, 
has been privately printed "for the benefit of 
the Red Cross, Weybridge." Copies may be 
obtained from Messrs. Rawlings and Walsh, 
Holstein Parade, Weybridge, price threepence. 
The introduction on "The Pigeons of 
Paris" is well worth reading. 
THAT the last consignment of monkeys for war- 
fare purposes arrived last month. The mor- 
tality was very small during the voyage. The 
consignment of 422 were deposited at the Zoo- 
logical Gardens, Regents Park. 
THAT I have received during the past three 
weeks, 2 Lionesses, 1 Lion, 422 Rhesus Mon- 
keys, 7 Dogfaces, 6 Callatrix, 2 extra large 
Rhesus, 850 Green and Yellow Budgerigars, 
with other odds and ends. 
THAT I shall receive sometime in March, Sham- 
ahsi, Thibetan Birds, Parrakeets, Indian Cranes, 
mixed Indian small birds' — particulars to be 
found on cover of Magazine. 
THAT I have just received a telegram from the 
Director, Zoological Gardens, Copenhagen, as 
follows : — ■ 
"No animals for sale, all presented to 
Gardens at Antwerp." 
This will be the first lot of animals to arrive at 
Antwerp during the last four years. 
THAT over 430 additions were added last month 
to the exhibits at the Zoological Society's men- 
agerie, and at yesterday's meeting of the Socie- 
ty special attention was directed to a Kea Par- 
rot (Nestor Notabilis) from New Zealand, pre- 
sented by Lady Ian Hamilton. There was an 
increase of 550 in the number of visitors to the 
Gardens during the month, compared with the 
return for November of last year, but the total 
for the year, 828,852 was lower by 52,561. 
THAT all the exhibition galleries of the Natural 
History Museum, Cromwell Road, S.W., will 
be open daily, as in pre-war times, to the public 
on week days. The hours of opening during 
December, January and February are from 10 
a.m. to 5 p.m. 
THAT the following notes are clippings from 
several South African papers. They should be 
interesting reading to my subscribers. 
A baboon hunt, says the "Oudthoorn 
Courant" took place at Saffraan River last 
week. A large troop of these destructive 
beasts was located and with the aid of a pack 
of dogs they were attacked in a kopje, when 
the hunting party accounted for half a dozen. 
With the shooting season closed for three 
years our local huntsmen will be able to con- 
centrate their efforts on the killing of both 
baboons and jackals. They will not only 
earn the great esteem of their country cousins 
but will be doing a great service to the dis- 
trict also, and in the case of the killing of 
the jackals be enabled to pay for their muni- 
tions. 
One of the most curious impoundings of 
straying creatures has occurred at de Rust 
(states the Oudtshoor paper). A huge moun- 
tain (berg) tortoise, straying out of bounds, 
was found feeding in a neighbouring oat land 
in the village, and was promptly sent to the 
pound. On being asked how much he had to 
pay for its release, the owner was told eigh- 
teen pence. The owner then contended that 
there was no law which could impound a tor- 
toise, as it was not an animal. The pound- 
master, seeing the owner's point of view, 
handed the tortoise to the owner, who went 
on his way rejoicing. 
An excellent illustration of the working 
of police dogs was afforded in a case of sheep 
stealing on Mr. Hassall's farm at Nhlambe 
last week (reports the "Transkeian Gazette"). 
The dogs with their master were brought 
down specially from Umtata to try and track 
the thieves, and were so successful that sev- 
eral arrests have been made. The working 
of the dogs was viewed by a large number of 
natives, who seemed to be greatly impressed 
when the intelligent animals took up the 
spoor, following it till they found the sus- 
pected man and then placed their paws on his 
chest. 
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