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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 



He has no experience in bringing animals 

 over, and his journey will be a financial failure. 



THAT two lions recently entered the cattle kraal 

 on Mr. J. A. Page's farm, Umvukwes, in search 

 of food, naturally selecting the most delectable 

 stock offering. They were attacked by two in- 

 furiated bulls, and, after a severe struggle, were 

 eventually forced to- beat a retreat. Only two 

 small calves were killed. 



THAT a blackbird with a white head has made 

 its home by the village green at Walberton, 

 Sussex. 



THAT the Zoological Society, Regents Park, 

 have received many additions during the last 

 month : — 1 Cheetah, 1 Milky Eagle Owl, 1 

 Chimpanzee, 2 Gibbons, 2 Ostriches, 6 Red- 

 eared Pheasants, 2 Snow-white Emus. 



THAT from Paris I receive the following :- — 



The manager of the Trone Menagerie re- 

 cently purchased for £150 a monster boa con- 

 strictor in Ratcliff Highway. The head of the 

 Committee of the Paris Zoo, where the collec- 

 tion of animals is now very poor, wanted to 

 buy the boa constrictor, but the owner would 

 not part with it. The Zoo possesses two fine 

 camels, each worth £80. They had been eating 

 their heads off because fodder was so expen- 

 sive, and even though the "ships of the desert" 

 ar disciples of Pussyfoot, their keep is expen- 

 sive. On the other hand, a boa constrictor only 

 eats ten rabbits a year, so a couple of days ago 

 the Zoo> swapped the two camels for the boa 

 constrictor. 



The manager of the menagerie, however, 

 found that one camel was a "white elephant," 

 so he sold it to a butcher. This animal's name 

 was Aristide. He was a male of twelve years, 

 and met his fate in the Paris slaughter houses 

 yesterday morning. His carcase was pur- 

 chased at the Central Markets for £48, and this 

 morning camel steaks are on sale, 



fThe boa constrictor was my last large 

 Indian Python. — Ed.] 



THAT the following arrives by this mail : — 



The devious story; of the Addo> elephant has 

 undergone another development. Recently it 

 was announced that Sir Fredtric de Waal had 

 decided to create a reserve for fifty-five of the 

 elephants, but that proposal now appears to be 

 impracticable. Telegraphing to the Cape Pro- 

 vincial Administration on the subject, Major 

 Preforms stated that every one of his boys has 

 refused to stay one day longer in the Addo 

 Bush. He continues : — 



" I agree to take oh the contract under the 

 following conditions : Your reserve cannot hold 

 one elephant more than sixteen. I will reduce 

 the herd to sixteen elephants; these, I am quite 

 sure, can safely be kept on the reserve. I will ' 

 give my services free for one month with my 

 whole staff, during which time I will keep six- 

 teen elephants on the reserve-, and at the same 

 time train two native keepers to look after the 

 elephants. These two boys it will be necessary 

 to keep on, not only to look after the elephants, 

 but to look after the reserve jn general. To 

 keep the reserve without a keeper is useless. 

 People will be making use of the reserve as a 

 shooting-ground for everybody. 



"If every farmer be permitted to> shoot an 

 elephant immediately it crosses the boundary, 

 I can give you a written guarantee that in four 

 years' time there will not be one elephant left. 

 Should sixteen elephants be leit in the reserve 

 and in the care of two native keepers, in the 

 interests of science I will advise you how a re- 

 serve can be hiade here. The moment the ele- 

 phants disappear from the Addo Bush the buffa- 

 loes, and all other game in the Bush will be ex- 

 terminated within a few years." 



THAT a large consignment of animals, the most 

 valuable and interesting received since the out- 

 break of the war, has just arrived at the Scot- 

 tish Zoological Park from Calcutta. They com- 

 prise a tiger, a pair of Indian antelope, a wild 

 pig, a pair of sarus cranes, some bar-headed 

 geese, purple coot, jungle-fowl, and a python. 

 Nearly all of these are new to< the collection in 

 the Park, and the tiger, a fine young male, is 

 a great acquisition. For these, with the excep- 

 tion of the Indian antelope, the Park is in- 

 debted to the Council of the Calcutta Zoological 

 Society, and to- Rai B. Basu, C.M.Z.S. , super- 

 intendent of the Calcutta. Zoological Garden, 

 who have always shown the utmost sympathy 

 w r ith the Scottish Zoological Park, and have 

 given it practical expression, several times, this 

 being the third collection they have sent. The 

 pair of Indian antelope are the gift of Captain 

 R. Henderson (of the s.s. "Nevasa," on which 

 the animals were brought home), whose home 

 is in Edinburgh, and to whose care and that 

 of his officers the successful transfort of the 

 animals is due. Messrs. Gray, Dawes and Co., 

 and Lord Inchcape, their chairman, gave the 

 collection a free passage on the " Nevasa," The 

 animals, in spite of their long journey, are ap- 

 parently in good health, and are daily improving 

 jn appearance. An interesting pair of bush- 

 fowl from West Africa have also been received 

 this week, the gift of Captain W. Robertson, of 

 Leith, who brought them horn. 



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