The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-23
A Trader III wild Animals.

Central Park Menagerie recently. Mr..
Carl Hagenbeck. the owner, of Ham
burg, Germany, arrived on the Bremen
steamer Elbe. lie is one Of the largest
dealers in wild animals in the world,
and his geological garden in Hamburg
is one OF the chief attractions of that
city, and he says that it has contained
at one time or another a CRATER variety
OF animals than any other one building
since the days Of Noah's ark. Mr..
Hagenbeck intends to stop in this coun-
try only a fortnight. lie will visit
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Buffalo and Niagara
taiis, see the various shows on eXhibi-
tion along the route, sell them what
they want, ana buy from them what
I'h4ey 40 not naed, for 10 reiii22S lln2nt'Ia,
menaga IL Il faHeli as Stiie jungicss sft,hl
forests to supply his geological brokers',
Office with material. He said to az re-
porter yesterday afternoon, in one Of the
upper lofts of the museum, where he
had retired to avoid the crowd. "If YOU
think this is a lalge menagerie 1 should
like to have you see mine. Ihavc sc, 900
square feet in my garden and several
strong stone buildings all connected with
each other In one keep the carniv-
orous animals in heavy iron cages.
Sometimes have twenty lions there at
one time. In another I have my ele-
plants, ostriches, dromeduries and ante
lopcs. In another keep my reptiles
snakes, alligators and the like. In the
garden outside this building have
cages under cover, where | keep my
birds and little animals. Ihave twenty
four ostriches there now, four drOmc-
daries, and a great variety OF every
other kind of animals and birds.
"You think l am rather young to
have SO extensive business? am 3S
years old, and began when l was Is.
fisherman used to catch seals alive and
bring them to my father. Once some
one sold him polar bear, which he
exhibited. That Is how he came to
look into the business. In 1864, about
eleven years after the importation Of
wild animals into Europe for show pur-
poses was attempted, an Italian named
Casanova brought over a large stock OF
animals. He couldn't sell them and
couldn't make much money out of eX-s
hibiting them. Seeing something in
the business, my father and I made IL
| contract with Casanova to return to
| Africa and have the animals captured,
and we would pay him so mitch per head.
That is the way 1t started. LII 1870
Casanova and another Italian named
| Migolotte, both animal agents, had ac-
cumulated large stocks and got into u
quarrel. l went 80 Alpiers and bought
them botl! out. u, thfak that was the
largest shipMenCot HnnMals oyer made.
Among others 1t contained fifteen graf
les, hVc eiephants, an African rhino-
ceros, SIX mons, seven leoparus. thirty
hycnas, twenty boxes OF monkeys and
twclVe Oh Dlrds, ana seVenty,two .ADys-
slhlilh goats 10 1uInish mix 1or the
young ahlhals. Inc ola ANIMALS arc
killed when they cannot be taken alive
| without loss or human lie, and the
young one IL Cncre are any, are Sc
cured, ana Cne little mother!ess Drutes
llaa 10 De Iea on goat's mix. nave
agents III NuDit, on the Solhale coast,
| III Ceyioh, at Ine Magellah sCit(lts Ill
oou'l Aineilcl, III DriI'Sh America, ana
Two agents IN Centrai lndla. when
hleltgar!e ~ sou ouC D'ty Ine ehtlre
ANIMALS rs many as tlve times, l send
my agents out into the forests to cap
ttlre tile ANIMALS: tulnish them with
money 10 remain OUT SIX months or
longer, IL necessary. send my Nupl;l
men OUT IN september ana they return
III July. IHey nlre hrge humDer OF
iiahiliths, OF natiVe hunters, VINO peat
inc JungleS ana uo inc nlahuai LABOR or
securing Inc Prizes. 1hey seek suit
aDie locallIy, whefe tney Duud q large
corral; Ihey I'VE IN thls ana Keep the
ahimals thefe until tmey are ready 10
return TO thc coast. me return trip IS
about the hardest part or the expedition.
IL taxes nearly TWO months, ana the not
SANDS or the NuDlan Desert lay1 to De
crossed. Lac young ANIMALS naveto DO
carried on camels, ana tie oStrlches and,
large ANIMALS nave TO De led or carried.
IL requires Il hoSt or camels 10 iolio"
the caravan ana carry the provisions.
, When our party comes pack II usually
numbers 2oo men, ana twlcc that num-
Der OF beasts OF prey ana burden. FROM
the N uDlan Desert they 60 to Cassala,
, which IS the headquartels OF visitors III
thaC rcigon. Ihence they go 10 the hca
Sea ana the SueZ Canal, where the AM
mas ana necessary attendints are snip
pea dlrectiy TO Hamburg. Erom tllere
alSCripute tllelli all over Ille wori9. l.
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