Hamlps Jttenagerie JHagajto. 
EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
No. 3.— Vol. 1. 
LONDON, JULY, 1915. 
PRICE SIXPENCE. 
INTRODUCTORY. 
The reception of the Second Number of our 
Magazine has been more favourable than we anti- 
cipated. There have been no anonymous com- 
munications in connection with that number. Mr. 
G. Tyrwhitt-Drake, of Cobtree Manor, writes 
under date, June 15th : — " I find your Magazine 
very interesting" — this coming from a gentleman 
so well known in the Menagerie World is encour- 
aging. Mr. A. D. Webster, the Superintendent 
of Regents Park, writes : — "Many thanks for your 
Magazine. The contents are most interesting, and 
I read them with pleasure. I shall be pleased 
to send you a note one day on some curious crosses 
amongst our waterfowl. Did I tell you the Crested 
Grebe came on to the Lake and remained some 
time with us — about three weeks?" 
David Ezra, Esq., of Calcutta, writes: — "Dar- 
jeeling, June 14th, 1915. I thank you very much 
for sending me a copy of your Menagerie Maga- 
zine, which is most interesting. I wish it every 
success. I came up here for a few weeks, to avoid 
the terrible heat, and go back shortly. Trusting 
Mrs. Hamlyn and you are very well, with all good 
wishes." 
"Le Chenilet L'Echo de L'Elevage", the official 
publication of the Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimata- 
tion, Paris, give us a very good notice for which 
I cordially thank the Editor. 1 will assure him 
that the future numbers will greatly excel those 
already published. The worthy Editor of "The 
Zoologist," in a very favourable review, expresses 
a wish thai Mrs. Hamlyn will publish at times 
some <>l her experiences with Chimpanzees. My 
wife makes her maiden effort at journalism in this 
number which I trust is appreciated. That a greal 
interest is taken in this publication is undoubted. 
1 he remarks made arc amusing. A worthy mem- 
ber of a certain Club remarked within the hearing 
of a friend of mine, "Will Hamlyn's Magazine 
survive three numbers?" Allow' me to inform 
that sarcastic individual that the Magazine will 
still go on, and I should like his opinion of this 
number. This intelligent member of the Amateur 
Club seems to forget that for twenty years past I 
have issued a Price List costing on the average £5 
monthly. I have been advised by the Trade and 
certain journalists to reduce the subscription for 
the first twelve months to 6/-. That has now been 
done. I quite appreciate their advice when they 
stated this was hardly the time for fresh publica- 
tions. They also advised a commencement of one 
of the promised Articles. It was my intention to> 
start with "Why I went to the Congo," but hav- 
ing had several letters asking about the Water 
Elephant, whether I saw one when at Sette Cama, 
I decided to commence the series of Articles with 
the one entitled, "Concerning the Water Elephant 
in the Fernan Caz District, French Congo, ob- 
tained whilst visiting Sette Cama, S.W. Congo." 
It should be distinctly understood that I shall be 
only too pleased to verify all statements made in 
any of the Articles. They will not please all those 
mentioned, but will nevertheless be true. 
Trusting to be favoured with your subscription in 
due course. 
JOHN D. HAMLYN (Editor). 
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The following Articles will appear from time to 
time as opportunity occurs : — 
"How I became a Naturalist." 
"Why I went to the Congo." 
"My Second Visit to the Congo." 
"Gorilla Dealing — Alive and Dead." 
" A true acount of the origination of the Wild 
Beast Business in Great Britain." 
"The Peculiarities of this Unique Business." 
"My Visit to South Africa." 
"The Advent of the Boxing Kangaroo and the 
Wrestling Lion." 
"Concerning 'Peter,' one of the most famous 
Chimpanzees of the Age; also on the train- 
ing of Chimpanzees in generaj." 
"The Arrival and Landing of the Barnum and 
Bailey Show, 1899." 
"My Expedition to Dyers Islands, Cape of Good 
Hope, resulting in the capture of 125 Pen- 
guins and 12 Cape Sea Lions." 
"Ivory Buying in the French Congo." 
"How I attempted to corner the Monkcv Mar- 
ket thirty years ago, and lamentably failed." 
"An impression of the Zoological Gardens at 
Regents Park, Dublin, Bristol, Edinburgh, 
I falifax and Manchester." 
