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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
While an inquiry was being made, Dr. 
Henri de Rothschild, who lives a few doors away 
from the Elyseesi, arrived on the scene and ex- 
plained that an ape which had been sent to him, 
had escaped fro mits cage and had been seen 
climbing over several garden walls in the direc- 
tion of the Elysees. 
The ape was found in a tree, bu't) it was not 
until a Hindu attendant had been summoned 
that the animal could be induced to come down. 
THAT a Grey-backed Trumpeter, also a Green- 
winged Trumpeter, have arrived at the Zoolo- 
gical Gardens, Regents Park. 
THAT a mascot Monkey at jfche Clifton Zoo has 
opened a cigarette fund for his old regiment. A 
notice outside his cage says : " I was many 
months with the troops in France; had a toe 
shot away and was gassed at Neuve Chapelle." 
He has now been invalided home. 
THAT Linwood Flint, of North Wa'terford, 
Maine, writes : — "On this farm of 160 acres is 
a, genuine porcupine colony that has never been 
disturbed (to break up their homes) for years. 
Oinly this spring one good sized Porcupine 
came trotting along a path leading to the ani- 
mal barn (which is a long way from their homes). 
We think it might have been the odour of Por- 
cupine in the cages that attracted the animal 
away from its usual haunts,. They are not so 
plentiful as formerly, and my men have to look 
for them in the depths of the woods. I am 
writing you an Article shortly on this Tree Por- 
cupine, " 
THAT an interesting account of the Sea Lions 
on the San Francisco Coast appears in the " San 
Francisco Chronicle," July 4th last. It might 
interest my readers : — 
"Chummy seals, that invade bedroom 
and kitchen, where they consume dainties in- 
tended for a bridge and bridegroom, are 
threatening the honeymoon of August Nelson, 
assistant lighthouse keeper at Ano Nueva 
rcok, about 110 miles south of San Francis- 
co, according to the story broug-ht back by a 
party of young women, headed by Miss Hazel 
Boenicke, just returned from the rock. 
"A few weeks ago Nelson married. Ano 
Nuevo rock is the scene of the honeymoon, 
because of Government regulations which can- 
not be stretched a poinF, and the rock is the 
rendezvous of more than 2,000 sea lions, of 
all sizes and ages. The lighthouse station 
there is in charge of Captain Harry Becker. 
" Prior to the arrival of his bride, Nelson 
and his superior officer were almost run off 
the island because of the friendliness of the 
sea lions. Morning, midday and evening 
meals were never eaten without a riot among 
the seals, and, being afflicted with regulation 
masculine carelessness, Nelson often left the 
door open and lost his dinner to thieving sea 
lions, which forsook the dainties of the deep 
for the fare of civilisation. 
"With the arrival of Mrs. Nelson, say 
the visitors who have just returned, condi- 
tions have changed somewhat, but ' an open 
door still means a horde of uninvited guests 
which leave no corer of the house unturned 
in their search for food. 
"Nelson, says Miss Boenicke, hopes that 
the Government will casry ou; its usual policy 
of disposing of a number of specimens to 
scientific institutions. This, according to 
reports from Washington, will be done on ac- 
count of the rapidly increasing number of 
seals on the rock. The herd has increased so 
fast that the rock resembles a Chicago hoVtel 
during a national political convention." 
THAT a wonderful photograph of an enormous 
Gorilla shot in the Cameroons appears in "The 
Sphere," August 5th. Here are the particulars 
given : — 
"The huge male gorilla shown in the 
above picture was shot by a German native 
soldier, seen standing by the side of the ani- 
mal, at Ajoshohe, Southern Cameroons, 
shortly before the fall of Jaundo- The pic- 
ture was taken by a young British artillery 
officer, who was made a prisoner-of-war by 
the Huns at Nsanakang, Northern Cacer- 
oons, on September 6uh, 19194, and released 
with other British prisoners-of-war on the 
banks of the river Njong nuring the retreat of 
the German commander-in-chief and his 
troops towards Spanish territory. Unfor- 
tunately the officer was unable to take either 
the dimensions or weight of the gorilla before 
the native soldiers "chopped" (feasted upon) 
the brute. Some idea of its enormous size 
and strength may, however, be gathered by 
comparing the gorilla with '.he soldier stand- 
ing alongside. The latter was* just over 6 ft. 
in height and was proportionately built. It 
will be noticed that the hideous expression of 
the brute is rendered sgill more repulsive by a 
great wart-like growth under the right eye. 
He is " adorned" with a German cap and eagle 
and carries a German service rifle at the 
"slope." Native hunters report that these 
fearsome inhabitants of the impenetrable 
West African bush are common in parts of 
the Cameroons." 
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