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astrous. I cannot attempt more importations 

 unless accompanied. The season is now closed 

 until December, consequently during September 

 onwards prices will be reduced considerably. 



Expenses, unfortunately, continue to in- 

 crease, which will cause importers to be very 

 careful in bringing over large consignments. 

 The French dealers still ask exorbitant prices, 

 the only remedy is not to purchase, the extra- 

 ordinary prices asked for Australian and Indian 

 stock absolutely prohibit all purchase. 



Polar Bears have arrived in Northern Ports 

 lately. I was offered fifteen, but when I dis- 

 covered they had been offered all over the 

 world, I declined to purchase at any price. 

 Norwegian owners will sooner or later have to 

 pay the penalty for offering to Zoological 

 Gardens, for having supplied these, there is 

 nothing else for the dealer to do, but to decline 

 purchasing. Polar Bears will then be sold at 

 £15 and £zo each, the same as in 1914. 



August is always an "off" month. It has 

 been very quiet all round. Dealers are looking 

 forward to a good September and onwards. 

 Small stocks are constantly arriving. Liverpool 

 seems to be the favored Shipping Port at 

 present. Some really fine stocks have arrived 

 there during the last two months. Reports 

 from the travelling shows are not encouraging. 

 They all had a wonderful season last year. 

 The travellers had the time of their lives in 

 1919. This year has been very bad all round. 

 We all sympathise with the Sanger family over 

 their misfortune at Taunton, but it was the 

 first on record ; and, I am pleased to know they 

 were absolved from all blame. 



The Travellers Season is now drawing to 

 close. I wish therr. a better winter season, 

 which I very much doubt. 



JOHN D. HAMLYN. 



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Birth of Tiger Cubs in Captivity. 



An interesting account of the birth of 

 three Tiger Cubs — 2 males, 1 female — has been 

 given me by Mr. Jack Bostock, WombwelFs 

 Menagerie. This took place at Chard, Somer- 

 set, on the 28th July last. It is so far as I 

 know the first litter of Tiger Cubs to be born 

 in any travelling Menagerie. The Cubs are 

 doing wonderfully well. Mr. Bostock is ex- 

 ceedingly proud of his youngsters. He prizes 



them greatly. I wish him every success in 

 rearing them. He also had two litters of Lion 

 Cubs, two each litter ; unfortunately, one litter 

 died, the others are doing well. 



The animals in this vast travelling collec- 

 tion are in first-class condition, and reflect 

 great credit on the enterprising proprietor. 



The Biggest Game Hunt. 



The South African papers state that the 

 greatest big game drive in the history of South 

 Africa is being relentlessly continued. 



Five hundred hunters and experienced 

 shots are taking part, aided by an army of 5,000 

 natives acting as beaters. 



A HUGE "BEAT." 



If you can imagine 6,000 guns and beaters 

 starting from the sDuthern coast of Cornwall 

 to drive the counties of Cornwall and Devon 

 in simultaneous movement you have some idea 

 of the extent of this great battue of game. 



But in Zululand there are no hedges or 

 ditches or fences, but only the endless sweep of 

 veldt and bush land. 



The purpose of the drive is not sport, but 

 self-preservation. The big game have multi- 

 plied in recent years in the Zululand game 

 reserve, where only limited shooting is allowed, 

 and in time of drought have invaded the settled 

 lands further south, bringing with them the 

 dreaded tsetse fly, which is the source of nagana 

 disease in cattle. 



TO FIGHT DISEASE. 



Hundreds of head of cattle of the settlers 

 have perished, and the disease is spreading. 



The hunters, as they swept through the 

 luxurious N'tambana Valley* had evidence of 

 the ravages of nagana in the presence ot the 

 emaciated stock, with bones protruding from 

 the shrivelled skin and visibly wasting away, 

 but always feeding, for nagana cattle suffer 

 from eternal hunger. 



ZULU KNOWLEDGE. 



The Zulus in Cetewayo's days, though 

 ignorant of the discoveries of modern scientists, 

 always associated nagana with the presence of 



