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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
Elephants, Giraffes," with some of the rarer An- 
telopes. 
Another collector is leaving for Brazil for 
Parrots, Sugar Birds, Tapirs, and any other 
specimens that can be found in that mysterious 
region. 
I have no intention of collecting in East 
Africa at present. 
Competition by rival travellers and collectors 
is ruinous, and I have no intention whatever of 
making competition. British and German East 
Africa are being expliited by a rival concern. 
They have my best wishes. Their latest effusion 
is the following circular : — 
"We beg to draw your attention to the 
following List of Animals we have for sale, 
with delivery as present existing circum- 
stances will permit : — 
Three African Elephants, half grown. 
Two Baby African Elephants. 
Four Giraffes. 
Three Hippopotami. 
Five Burchell Zebra. 
Two Mountain Zebra. 
Five Red Buffaloes. 
Two* Cape Buffaloes. 
Antelope : six Roan, nine Eland (various 
sizes), four Oryx, seven Waterbuck, 
three Wildebeest, two Bushbuck. 
One young Gorilla. 
Five Chimpanzees. 
Magnificent full dark-maned Lion. 
Various small animals, several rare Birds 
and Reptiles. 
Should any of the above interest yoc, 
either as additions or to fill vacancies in your 
gardens or collections, will you communicate 
with us, when we shall have pleasure in 
quoting fou prices. 
Any Bird, Beast, or Reptile, from any 
Country, we can get for you !" 
The late Carl Hagenbeck, of "Wonder Zoo" 
fame, never in his wildest dreams had such a 
consignment at one time. 
It must be noticed that this Syndicate states : 
"We have for sale." 
Their ignorance is sublime and appalling. 
Would they be surprised to hear that the Red 
Buffaloes and Cape Buffaloes would not be al- 
lowed to land in this country? The American 
Government has prohibited ruminants for one year 
— maybe longer. I have not the slightest doubt 
but what some of the animals mentioned are on 
the High Plateau of British East Africa in con- 
finement, but transportation to the coast is very 
risky and costly. It is very easy to buy a Hippo 
or Rhino tied up in a compound, miles away from 
anywhere, but the leading of the animals down is 
qu : te a different matter. Many drop out on the 
march down and die. Still I wish them every 
success. 
The demand for the larger animals is not 
great. The Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, 
are not making great purchases at present. The 
Zoological Gardens, Antwerp, cannot purchase 
until food and financial troubles are settled, which 
will be some time yet. There is, however, a 
great demand for "small stock" pets and birds 
in this country. Larger animals uncertain. 
I can assure my readers that whenever the 
larger animals are required they will be supplied 
at short notice by 
JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
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THE ADDO ELEPHANTS. 
Though not great in bulk, they are, accord- 
ing to most accounts, extremely watchful, savage, 
and prompt in attack, squealing and rampant at 
the taint of man within their fastness. The hunter 
in following them up cannot view the game until 
he has arrived close on the herd, and has to trust 
to the sense of smell and to his bearing to catch 
the stomach rumblings — and for all he knows he 
may be right among the herd when at last he sights 
his game. If he shoots it is a toss up whether 
he locates a vital spot through the screen of 
leaves, but it is a moral certainty that the whole 
herd will charge the smoke, and then he will echo 
the wish of a Rhodesian hunter. He had fol- 
lowed a bull into a thicket of tall grass, and by 
standing on the shoulders of two natives, he got 
in a head shot, but a recoil of the heavy rifle 
threw him face up into a pool of foetid mud, while 
swarms of mosquitoes enthusiastically probed his 
face. The bull charged the smoke, danced about 
in the mud, and drew from the hunter this fervent 
praper " Oh that I had been a microbe." The 
picked sportsmen who are chosen to. destroy the 
twenty-five may echo* that wish, and the pity is 
that the outlaws cannot be captured by Indian 
Shikarres trained to that work, and then taught 
to handle cargo at Port Elizabeth as Indian ele- 
phants are trained. It is said that the African 
elephant cannot be tamed, but in the days of 
Carthage, Hannibal had his phalanx of armoured 
elephants, the first "tanks" ever used in warfare, 
and as the Carthaginians did trap and tame the 
