New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22
LONDON LOSES HER GIRIFFEN.


From The London spectator.
The winter like the DAYS u p"'tilcncc b cl3" inc
wa- 81 Troy. has been fatal both 10 ma. anu -,
Even the carefully tended inmate o Inr ~ ,T now
society Garden, have qt e,Cap'd ana ~ IN ,IIr IN"
year opened with the death within Week OF Ha "a
mG sb, nr. Tm n IN" livery i6on Who wa, almost
great hvorc Of he London pnDnr a" ,' de eo
of the two beautiful l1riIc. the sole SURVIVORS eit
In the collection The eNpcrcnc" "C oa ' ",e,siIny
ha, had In maintaining IT. stock oil me-. ln'r ,
CREATURES has not. however been altogether ul>Opn.
asns since the nr,t four Tn pnf me- c. than Ssye
teen fnun, have been born IN the ',adenN; ana many
Of sN .'TG to grw . up two wsre burn, 10 death in
their stable and n third died OF old age. leaving Only
TIC Tine If their death. unfortunately. comedies
with The complete interruption Of the ancient trade
Waldl's orcmpaion Of the >ouann. trade as old Is
the davs Of solomon never organized often interrupted
and always dependent FIR H. nrest products on the
free navigation - the river of Egypt "lrlnes
~yoitad The imagination Of European capitals after
the long Interval, ~ which they nave i"D,'ueu nd
thclr way hlthrr from the land Of the pharaphs The
first in Enrpc ,ince the tgr'iary cp'cn VIZ, r
hlbitci NJ the Circensian Games - crowd, VINO eH
pcct'd, from II name cgm'nprd' :" ~, nh9 s,r W
of n panther. Pllny who described IL, echoed TIE
public disappointment. 1T was II. quiet" he wrote,
MAXIMUM after II became the fashion TO exhibit com
bats of wild beasts at Rome. yet even then grai's
rompr sy ' could exhibit ayc hundred lions at time
and the Emperor rtus AZ the dedication Of hi new
theatre. cau~ed the slaughter Of i've thousand wid
beasts Either the number ~ wild animals in the
province, must have been beyond anything since
known. or the Roman Governor, must have uscd thrr
despotic power, freely TO ollise their i1ends. NO
douDt they did this. Cnenn'. Cccroa gsHipnS
In nearly every letter have written TO yon abont
panth"rs. II Is u great shame, Pray send TO Fam,
only to give order. and the thing IS done. fon
know hate trouble. while Won HE 1t, ana yet Won
men TO look after them and bring them here"
D'~po's are The best collectors ANA rom thc Ia',
In the Geological Gardens In l-'G. the rare appear
anccs Of III" giraffe IN Europe were III cf'h case que
10 the muninccnce Of Eastern sul'anS and inchaS.
The Prince Of Damascus mve one To the emperor
Frederick II I'm I2tJ and the Sedan of Egypt pre-
.entcd another Lorenzo the Magnificent which be-
walk I'm the street, aud take the presents Of fruit
and cakes extended 10 IT from the lalconlcs. From
hi, time the ptruifc not In Europe until.
In 1s2. tho Pacha Of Egypt sent fonr TO CONSTANT
uoplc. Venice England. and Franco r''pcotIVcN.
The giraffe sent TO England was In lal health. and
mcnt over the Pacha's present. II had spent me
W % Gr cow whr be T ,cn had sent over for lis
use from Egypt. The Project Of MarHeillcs had INC
arms Of France embroidered on It's badv-cioih. and
it entered Paris esconed by Darionr Negro iinssan.
an Arab Marser srcm m"n.to i"e rpiss,
from the "Jarn de, Plantes.' while troops kept
back the crowd Thousands came every day to see
and men and Women n Tre gloves S9". . n"a
cessfnl expedition bv which. in I-3G. NJ. Thibaut
proc urcd stock Of graneS for the Geological society,"
owed nothing to the patronage Of the iacha Of Egypt
be-; Ond permission b. enter the SOudan The caravan
left the Nile near Dongui; and theme passed on to
the services Of the Arab sword-hlrt,rS. whose skill
and conrage, were y .aeh seryse to .ir samuel
sources Of the Nile tributaries aud In two DAYS they
sighted the glrares. \ female with fawn was first
pursued by the Arabs. who Killed the animnl with
their swords and next day tracked and caught the
fnwn In the thonnv minosa scrub For fOur days
which was held By one II the Arabs AT the end Of
that time it was perfectly tame. and trot,ed after
brought to supply It with milk. The Arabs were
excellent nurses. and taught the Young creature to
% "nd So ndnng p il to suck Four Others which ~
Thibaut caught died In the cold wcachr I'm the desert
But he replaced three Of ihs,e, and BRO brought four
andria. and then BY SHIP TO Malta Providence
alone he wrote. "cnablcd me TO surmount these
don. and safely lodged in The z3oogeal Gardens in
being. IL feet at the shoulder and, IL feet at
iln. head. For many years. have said. the
Eropcan food and ate hay ana rash gas from the
tall racks with which their stables fitted. Onions
sugar they would follow their Keeper and slip their
long prehensIle tonggcs into his hands or pockets
rnnlsccnce. perilap' of The days when their parents
fcastcd mImosa blossom, IN Tbs dr.ert Tine
ago one was 10 stretch It's neck the ralns'.
and 10 dccatcly nip OF an ARTIFICIAL rose in young
lady, hat. They were most aiccliOnatc creatures.
and ms VI Tihant noticed when in charge OF them in
I'prrr Egypt. would she'd tcaiS n they missed their
companions or their usual attendants. Tu the devcl
oprmcni of the lGchymal dacts. which enable the
Giraffe TO express IL emotions In This very human
fashion, Is less Obvious than the wonderful Size and
cautv OF tho Themselves. which are far larger
than iho.c Of any other quadrurrd. While the Mahds
mower remains unbrohen nj Khnrtoum there T. little
probability that the Soudan traders will be able to supply
sns 10 v cupy the empty house in I,escnts Park ict
be sonlicrn OF these beautiful creatures. though
II has greatly r,ccdcd. still extends to the North
Knohnr Desert and to part Of Khamas country. where
he camel thorn" ms the Beers call the grafcacaca,
,hounds There tho great chief carefully preserves
Tho cjrancs and allows only his own people his
own white friends. Ia Kill them. The other point at
wbicn the eli afe country Il s accessible &c European
hunters or naiurasts Is sOmaand and the unknown
horn OF Africa.