Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-22
o,c DOLLAR PER ANNuM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.


About the middle of the 18th century this
store became exhausted, and the sous OF
Ethiopia were long instigated to initiate their
ancestors in renewing the battle with the
wide-eared, long-tusked EhphaS A fyicaaus.
To-day the amount of ivory consumed in
the workshops of Europe, America and India
is immense and yet great as it is, the conti-
neut of Aria furnishes seven eigh.S of allthat
is worked up into ornaments, toys, and cruel
fixes in France heather gods boxes aud
fans in Iudia and China billiard balls. boxes,
miniature-pateS, cheSsmen, mathematical
rules keys for Fianofortes, organs aad me-
/ Iodtous, faus, combs folders dominoes. aud a
( thousand and one other things, in England.
/ Germany, and the United States.
4 Portugal was the England of the Gsh cen.
I tury in more respects than one For two cen
tnries Portugal held in the East aud on the
7 African coast, the power ana influence now in
I the hands Of Eagland. LisbCn at that tine
! was the head of the irory market now Lon
/ don is the mart whore ivory dealers most do
coagregate i sometimes occurs that the
Salem and other Americans merchants en-
gagged in the African trade ship their tusks
lor t'eih in commercial purlance) 10 London
after they have brougdt them from the I'm.
zIbare and Mozambique coast TO the Uniied
States. IN the worlds great metropolis there
occurs al regular intervals one or those sales
which furnish the manufactures with their
stock Of elephants teeth.
! While We associate ivory and India TO-
Cether. but very little Of the former comes
\ from the latter. Ii is estimated that 20 sup
+ ply ivory 10 the British market, FOR the las.
lew vearS, it has required aboat 600 600 los
annually Of this QuaLtity CcyIon-the great
. elephant park Of Iudia-iuruiSaeS OH,- 800
OF coo pounds. Tie ivory which is pm. down
ju tie printed reports Of sales at Bombay"
in nine cases out Ct ten. IS shipped hv Ma
h7metan merchants from the east coast of AZ
r.ca 10 the large North Western commercial
empuram Of Bombay. We Go no. mean.
. however, to assert hat 10 elephants tuSks come
( from Asia. for occasionally there viii be small
, lots from Ccy.na aud S1matra. There is also
\ "a large ivory trade between Zanzibar end
China, riI Bombay. \ great deal Of iyor7
We may state, by tie way, u5S reaches tie
Uu,eG States directly from Africa
TUs immense damaut FOR elephants, teeth
has Of late years increased The sg2a- from
40 parts Of Africa. st the end Of tie las,
century lie auuu@l average Importation into
England was oalg 1926 lbs, in 1881 i.
reached 5d+ 80 lbs, or 6,0SG tGsas which
would require the death If a. least S.a+g
male elephants ]. is probable tia. Ill.
slaughter IS much greater, for the teeta of tlle
/ 'e.aaie e.rtaani are very >u7i. ana DarcAei
/ tells Us. il lis African travels, that lie met
F NTH some elephant hunters who hcd shot
twelve ha-elaitows, which. Lowe7era'.o-e,ler
produced TO more than Two hundred pounds
. or rory.
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