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EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN 
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No. 9.— Vol. 5. 
LONDON, FEBRUARY, 1919. 
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EXPLANATION. 
My readers will excuse the delay in the pub- 
lication of the Magazine on account of my serious 
illness during the last three weeks. 
The " Flu" captured me right out. 
My worthy doctor informed me that I was 
just on the border line, whatever that might mean; 
anyway I have now crossed the Great Divide, and 
shall be resuming business this week. 
To< those of my readers who know me per- 
sonally they will readily understand that confine- 
ment and restraint do not appeal to me in any 
way, so doubtless I shall have their sympathy. 
JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
THE FUTURE OF THE WILD 
ANIMAL TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN. 
By John D. Hamlyn. 
I sent out with the January number of this 
Magazine a short account of my private opinion 
on "The World's Zoological Trading Company." 
Another copy accompanies this issue. 
Several papers obtained interviews with Mr. 
Jordan and published most interesting copy to 
which I take no exception whatever. 
I shall only refer to the one article which ap- 
peared in "West Africa," February 15th — full 
copy herewith. 
BIG GAME IN WEST AFRICA. 
Well-known Hunter's scheme to aid Labour. 
A Challenge and its Acceptance. 
The controversy raised between Mr. J. D. 
Hamlyn, the St. George's E., naturalist, who 
has been importing animals from West Africa for 
many years, and Mr. J. A. Jordan, managing 
director of the World's Zoological Trading Co., 
a well-known hunter in the French and Belgian 
Congo, and the subsequent challenge issued by 
Mr. Hamlyn and accepted by Mr. Jordan, details 
of which have appeared in the "Star," will be 
followed with close interest in West Africa and 
by Coasters at Home. 
The World's Trading Co. proposes to cap- 
ture wild creatures on humane principles in Africa 
and other parts of the world, such as elephants, 
rhinoceroses, hippopotami, and giraffes, and train 
them for labour. Mr. Hamlyn is of opinion that 
this is an impossible task, and, quoting an article 
which appeared in a newspaper stating that the 
Zoological Co. "has £45,000 worth of wild ani- 
mals and birds on its West African reserve alone," 
