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of receiving his telegram the stock was at Euston 
and a telegram advising of full cost and departure 
was sent him. 
Another telegram advised me " Not to worry 
about money cheque posted." 
There were no senseless stupid offers. 
The whole transaction just occupied twenty- 
four hours. We were both satisfied. 
I only wish other clients were so expeditious. 
If they study the cost of a telegram, I am always 
willing to pay for same when business is done. 
PURCHASES ABROAD. 
It might interest my readers to know the 
length of time making purchases on the Continent, 
Africa and India. 
The Calcutta consignments usually arrive 
three months after the money is paid. 
The African about the same time. 
All consignments are fully paid in advance 
and travel at my risk. I do> not insure against 
mortality, never have done so. I naturally take 
out the ordinary Marine risk. 
The Dutch dealers seem to require about 14 
days in which toi make up their mind to ship, this 
is after the money is paid. I often spend sleep- 
less nights wondering why stock does not arrive. 
Whether my worthy Indian Agent's mind wan- 
ders imaginatively as to his stock, or whether, his 
hunters are still in the jungle tracking the elusive 
Tiger. It may be want of shipping, licences, 
rules or regulations— still its always "Next week." 
I remember when in South Africa my patience 
was sorely tried by the Africanders. I always 
refer to that part of the world as "To-morrow 
Land." Delays were thought all in order. Once 
when requiring a railway truck to move some 
Antelopes to my depot in Bloemfontein, I was 
told several days' notice was required, and when 
instructing the contractor to move the stock he 
blandly enquired whether his waggons were re- 
quired for the next week. Of course, strong lan- 
guage ensued ! 
THE PASSING OF WOMBWELL'S 
Menagerie from Mr. E. H. Bostock to Captain 
Jack Bostock deserves also- a word. Mr. Bos- 
tock's success in the Menagerie and Amusement 
World has been phenomenal. His many enter- 
prises from the Italian Circus — which ' is now 
travelling in the Far East— Wombwell's Men- 
agerie, The Zoo- Buildings, Glasgow, with many 
theatrical enterprises, all of which are controlled 
by him, have proved at his time of life a source of 
great worry and hard work, and combined with 
the constant travelling necessary to control all 
these enterprises doubtless has caused him to 
retire from the control of Wombwell's Menagerie. 
HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
With this number closes its Fourth Year of 
publication. The Magazine has been very highly 
spoken of by the Press in general. 
It has survived its Fourth Year, although an 
eminent animal Naturalist remarked in the hear- 
ing of a friend of mine that he gave it three or 
four months to live. But then he did not know 
John D. Hamlyn, and I have no intention of cul- 
tivating his acquaintance. 
Will all Subscribers hurry up with the small 
subscription of ten shillings; by so doing they 
will lighten the financial burden of 
JOHN DANIEL HAMLYN- 
April, 1919. 
A VILE USE FOR AEROPLANES. 
Some extraordinary particulars are given in 
"The Illustrated London News" by Mr. W. P. 
Pycraft of a suggested use of aeroplanes in 
rounding up the Caribou of Canada. May such 
a brutal "sport" never be permitted. 
" A new and a vile use for aeroplanes has 
just gone the round of the newspapers — to wit, 
that aeroplanes should be' used for 'hunting' cari- 
bou over the 'Barren Lands' of Canada. It is 
suggested that air drovers should come south in 
the autumn, drive the caribou to the shores of 
Hudson Bay and down along the coast, and be- 
hind a strong fence built from a point above Port 
Nelson and extending for ten or twenty miles 
towards the north-west. Once secured between 
the sea and the fence, men on horseback could 
segregate the sexes. The does could be let 
through gates to freedom, while the fat bucks 
could be driven to the rail-head and slaughtered.' 
"This scheme is so outrageously infamous 
that it should bring its own condemnation. But 
— there is 'money in it. ' The yearly harvest of 
blood and brutalitv is expected to vield from 
£100,000 to £400,000; and for this 'reason no 
effort must be spared to make it clear that no 
such venture will be tolerated. Already some of 
our best known sportsmen have condemned the 
scheme, and those of us who desire to stay, if we 
cannot stop, the hand of the exterminator, must 
do our best to add our protests, or, better still, 
to make his work impossible. 
