, 1879-03-20

It Comes to Plltladolpliln With Geological
Cargo.

lt Comce TO 1hila0otphlh WITH geological
Cargo.
Nt'adtinhfa Yrtss.
Some time ngo Mr.. William Nunroe, buyer
for Nj. Adam ForepauGh, the woll.kuown pro-
prtctor OF tho circus md menaGcrie bearing Ills
name, loft this city for Liverpool to purchase
number Of animals unknown In tllis country ex-
cept by specimen, and, after m absence Of six
weeks, ',o arrived on board Of the American
Line steamer Lord Give on Wednesday after
noon, bringing With him part OF the rcsult Of
hs purchase. His addition to tho u,enagcrIo
conssts VI tHo elephants, ono llama, ono
ostrich, ono htppopotanus, QUO letnfr, ono wart-
hog, one knS-yuturc, and O number OF cocka-
toos. There arc still In berlin four
elephants, fifty n1ouko7s. aud seventy
flvc cockatoos, which he was un-
able to bring Will, him OIL Account Of the e1-
trcmo cold weather ln that SECTION, tho rivera
tablcaux ours, HOW in process Of erection, will
be brought oa tho Lord Give on her ucxt trip.
Although tho last passng1 was an UNUSUALLY
rough ono, oil Of thu animals arrlgcl hero saio
the larger and morc formidable ones could 30
Judged by tlcir actions. They wero slowed
away In hUfd No. 2, and their apartments were
mlltle very comfortable BY u FREQ uss Of straw
IL. They %eru cared for during tho optito trip
ly Mr.. Munroo in person, ho feeding
them anh attending to their wants tlni'Y.
1ho elephants arc mates, each baiug
ilvo feet high. Tho hippopotamus Is a
hugo animal, und demanded mora attention
tban nil the rest combined. 8ho required to be
fed tour times Il day, and about as often to bn
very freely, md, being used to the wa,er, tt was
necessary to keep her cool. 4 remarkable feat-
ure Ut t1is allimat Is tho dye which coules from
the pores Of her thick sktti, for anything co,u-
inT ~ GO contact WITH t n short time attaIns
~ which she waa confined during the nEghts Of
her voyage, ,-tflu plain ptie boards being rcd
from 1la steam escaping from hcr body. Tie
wartllog Is !l'e llext largest animal, And is con-
l,fs ", fcroclous faulty. The kIlH-yulturr Is
0no of the abandonment birds avor brought Into
this country, aud did not suffer any tnconyen.
1enee in crohsing tho Atlantic.
Tho work OF removing thu stock began about
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, u,,l tllo Malc
elephant was the first 10 lcaye tl.e ship, But
!,ttls 1llllc4lty was encountered tn 'uadIag hlm
Into tie car prepared ior hoist!ng hin to the
main deck, tt,cnco on tho wharf,. aud without
All! noise or trouble Iio was placed Ia tho car iu
wattlng OIL the track. As auou as ho left tito
hold tho lady cfuplant scannel the hatclway,
aui, scell'g no moro Of her Inatet began to snort
lcr gtlaf Ut the separation. When the car rc-
turnetl to carry her aloft, tho nlcn found TINT
her iadrship was not inrllnsd to take short
nCFlhl fuyuEet htA LllG JV0 OF planting her SnlI
" III thu car ind keeping her tAefa was tho
work OF .tiu,0 mud lIurh pulling md
pushing. When finally sho Was planted on terra
illna, ale wofked peacefully TO tho car, ald
whuA she aRw that there was about luot's space
between thu platform nnl The car, she dcliher-
otelY placed her heal between her fofo legs,
bending tca latter to tho knees, eet up tesyi-
l,'o whining, and once or twire looked to SEQ II
the hole was esll there. THIS she continued to
do, against tue tnnst earnest protcstattons OF
lltr attendants, until Il board was prfnlItrcil
wl'cn she rose 0n her feet, and, atill hayll,g her
"sea legs" Oh, began to swing to md fro, and
then GraduallY tc!tlng tho strclgth Of the plank
walked deliberately Into tbs car. Upon being
placcl aealn alongsile OF l.ur mate, she gay1
another Eruntkey!lrntlY Of sut!afactton--at,d
tho pair bcCAn n unison to swlnK In thu manner
which tileIr last ten days lifo Ind accustomed
them to.
1t waa With considerable cooking and ORDER
tnE that the htppopotanus waA induced to 40
into her bog, to ~ unloaded, during which
tstHc stie maao adyernl strenuous efforts to btte
her keeper, but the mnssivo jaws wero tortu-
nately too SLOW, and tho keeper 1A3nsged to keep
out of il.eiF range. This uQlincss Of, her purt
was clar'tahly aecountcd for by Ms, hlu,lrpe,
Wlu said tEnt "shc wa5 not accuatotped to k,o
moycd Immediately after eating, an,l he had lust
fed her" she was finally carefully p|Rced ln
tals cas, and tho loading of tile ollier anEnuls
and blrtts Was proceeded With, each specimen
having separats box. While the WurthoV was
awaiting hts turn, le shaved his evident Iis-
pleasure at being pcnned up, By pushing ptf u
board III tho s'da OF his Lox ulll cndoavorlny 10
escape, This gives SOMA Idea VI the great
strungth the aninl POSSESSES in lis Leal alll