Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-06-06
Spells From Northern Africa.
1 Rare and Curious Animals That are
Destined to Recruit the Travelling

Rare and Curious Animals That are
Destined to Recruit the Travelling
Shows
From the New York World
The steamship Habsburg. of the Oslriehs
line, from Bremen, arrived at Hoboken on
Wednesday night with the largest collection
of rare animals received at this port at any
one time. It was a caravan from Hanrahan,
Upper Nubia, and was collected by the agents
of Charles Reiche, of this city Yesterday
a World reporter visited the hold of the
steamer. Canaries were singing. elephants
laundering, nightingales warblfng, lions
growing, parrots screening, monkeys chat
tering and men talking in German One Of
six giraHes greeted the reporter by licking
the back of his neck, young lion srowled
within six inches of the calf of his leg and
some very jocular young monkeys toved with
the buttons of his coat, while ostrich with
pleasant smile seized and devoured q copy
of the World which protruded from the re-
porter's pocket, and smacked his bill with evil
dent relish when the hve-column report of the
Westbrook-Ward investigation reached his
stomach After the consignment had bean
cleared at the custom house the animals Eere
landed. The first of the lot to be taken ashore
we're two African elephants, Jack and Nary,
each two years old and about thres feet high
A box was lowered ints the hold and Jack was
advised to get into it, but he wonldn't take the
advice. Ropes were fastened about his head
and legs, bat ten men couldn't badge him.
Get in dere, Chumpo," shouted the men
pushing from behind, while they belabored
him with sticks but he didn't stir until Schau-
and said soothingly: sKom list du heir mem
heber Chack." Then Jack eondescsndsd to
go. Mary was landed without any trouble,
after being hauled into ths box By hsr tail
The CRATES seemed greatly surprised when
slung two by two on the pier and the ostrie6as
seemed pleased when their eyes lit upon tia
dainty bolts. tarred ropes and iron work about
the deck The leopards, birds, antelcpes,
lions and monkeys were raised in their cages
and put on truck. when they were surround
ed by curious crowd. One longshorensn,
after gazing intently at a whits-faced monkey
with beard, turned to a friend and said II
declare TO hiven. Tirenee. he's the Iivin' picGur
O. me Uncle Mike" The hippopotamus slept
peacefully while being hoisted out In his box.
There were landed two elephants, six giraffeg
out of nine shipped at Bremen, one hippopot-
anus, four ostriches-the feathers of which
alone are worth $6O0-one Gland antelope one
cow antelope, two young lions, one honsss,
each as big as a Newfoundland dog; one
chetah, four Galada apes, between three and
four feet high-the first ever imported to
this country-nine Hynadria apes or hon
slayers, fifty balloons, aud monkeys of Ill
kinds one giant porcupine, with quilts g
foot long; musk rats, swans. canaries, par
rots, Japanese peacocks, goldfnches, Eng
ligh robins, Irish thrushes, innets. skylarks
aud birds of all chimes The cost price OF
the entire lot was about $50, 900.
The animals and birds in cages were taken
to Mr.. Reiche's stables, at the corner of Hud-
son and Twentieth streets. Hoboken, followed
by hundreds of shouting children. Mr.
Reiche is one of two men in the world carry
ing on the business of importing wild ami
mails. He has agents all over the world bat
%-n - asns&4r
to Northern Africa, where, at place called
Hanrehan on the borders of Abyssinia and
Nubia, he owns large tract of land and q
hunting station with hnts and paraphernalia
for hunting. The nearest town Is Csssala,
an Arabian settlement in the middle of NJ
bia, and that is twenty-seven days journey
across the Nubian desert to the nearest sea
port, Soukin, on the Red Sea. CHRIS Schau-
man, the hunter and keeper OF the animals
which arrived yesterday, said that after leav-
ing here last summer he with three others
went to Soukin, and from there on the backs
of camels across the desert to Csssela, where
they bought sixty horses and were given ths
services of as many natives by the sheiks or
Arab chiefs of the place. who in return were
to receive tbs skins of ANIMALS killed and Ell
ephants' tusks. Upon arriving at the hunt
ing station, where over GOO goats are kept
to allure the wild beasts and supply milk for
young animals and huntsmen, and white
men 60 out with score OF natives and ia
the country around plenty of animals are
killed, but few young ones ara captured.
Goats are always taken On the hunting expe~
ditions to supply milk for cubs When
enough game is captured the party returns 10
the camp and prepares the caravan for the
journey to Cassala. The smaller animals are
carried in cages on the backs of camels and
the larger ones walk. The goats are killed
on the way as soon their milk runs Out
The horses are sold at Cassala and from
there across the desert to Soukin camels
alone are used I'm the late caravan we had
eighty seven" he said. AT Soukin one OF
our large male lions escaped VIXEN being pub
on the steamer for Suez. The cage il was In
broke on the dock, and there was terrible
time. The animal fell into the He'd Sea and
was finally shot The animals all stood the
sea voyage from Soukin to Suex from there
to Trieste, and by rail 10 Bremen very good
The monkeys we're seasick, however Thev
always are and you never saw such maisarn-
BILE looking objects in all your life. Lung
trouble, caused by cold weather, killed TIRES
of the giraffes between Bremen nd here a
post mortem Examination made BIZ the shipas
doctor revealed the fact that il had bus enc
lung. / viii leave again as soon as the rainy
season is over la Nubia, during which time
white man cannot live there. -
The animals viii delight the patrons of tha
various circuses BY which they are bought.