

Hamlgn's Jtteitagerie JRagajta. 



EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN 



No. 5.— Vol. 5. 



LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1919. 



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THE ADDO BUSH ELEPHANTS. 



Just as we were going to press the courteous 

 Editor of "The African World" advises as fol- 

 lows : — 



" Special cable from Johannesberg, dated 

 25th inst. : — 



Colonel Pretorius doing excellent 

 work in Addo Bush amongst elephants 

 instead of killing is trapping them alive 

 to be placed in secure reserve." 



Every credit is due to Pretorius for his great 

 efforts to secure a noble interesting race from ex- 

 tinction. We congratulate him. 



THE TRADE. 



By John D. Hamlyn. 



A very interesting review of this Magazine 

 appeared in "The Times" (Printing House Square) 

 lately, and I intend to review that "review" here- 

 with. 



I think that "The Times" might have had the 

 courtesy ot mention who the dealer was who 

 imported the first arrival of Indian animals for 

 many years. The English dealer for many years 

 past has been accused of want of enterprise, there- 

 by allowing foreign competitors to sweep the 

 field, and now when the first consignment arrives 

 at fearful expense his name is considered not 

 worthy of mention. If it had been a French or 

 German cr private importation, the world would 

 have been fully informed as to the ownership; 

 still I thank the writer for his most excellent arti- 

 cle. — 



In the first paragraph the writer marvels 

 where they all go. That opens up my grievance 

 against the Zoological Societies of Great Britain 

 It will doubtless surprise my readers to know that 

 the four Zoological Societies of Great Britain — 

 Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh and London — have 

 not made a single purchase from this marvellous 

 consignment. I take it they are all waiting for 

 trade to open up with Germany, but I can promise 

 them this much, that they will find prices the 

 same then as now quoted in London. It is use- 

 less comparing prices cf to-day with those of six 

 or ten years ago. 



— Freights to-day are 150/- for 40 cubic feet; 

 years ago they were 60/-. The fee for feeding 

 and caretaking was then only 40/- up to 100/-; 

 now £10 to £20. The Societies might say there 

 is no need for such payments, my answer to that 

 is that common decency and fairness demands it. 

 Every labourer is worthy cf his hire. 



Allowing the second paragraph to pass, I 

 will now deal with the third one, where details 



