Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28
GIRAFFES IN EUROPE.
The DIFFICULTY or OBTAINING
THEM FOR EXHIBITION.

Julius c.rsar Wa, tho First to tmror,
1hcn Tor the Amusement and tuirr-
tainmont ol tie nomnr ropuiacr.
England saw Several IN 1850,
The dr.t giraffe seen In Europe since
tho tertiary epoch was obtained from
Alexandra Wy Julius Caesar and as.
himicl at Goo Clrrcnimgumrtpofowds
who expected from iiH manic. "olmulo
pari.' 10 hud in II q combination the
sizo II camel anil the forocity OF "a
panther piiuy, who described Il, echoed
the public disappointment III was gls
quiet be- wrote. "gs % HhcDp.'
The trade probably reached It. maxi
mum aitur Il hccmc the fashion 90 ex.
ubit comhuts " wild lrnsts 81 Rome
yet oven then giraf,a secm 20 have b"on
scarce in the popular shows, though
pUnpoy could exhibit 500 lions ~ %
time. aud the Emperor Titus, at the d,d.
icaiiun of his new thoni'r. caused the
slaughter uf 5000 wild BEASTS. Either
the number Of wild nuhunls in the prov
inccs must have been beyond anything
since known, or 'ho Roman governors
must have used their dospotic powers
freely To oblige their friends.
Despots Arc the h"st collectors, and
from the fall ~ the Roman empire tn
hcuuival of those placed In Tho zoolog
ical gardens Ia 1870 the rare appear,
nncas OF Che giraffe in Europc wcro Ia
each case due 10 the munihconco Of
eastern ultnn- and pashns. The prince
of Damascus gave one ~ the Emperor
Frederick II IN 1919, aud the Soldan Of
| Egypt pgosoulcd another 90 Lorenzo Tho
| Magnificent, which became the pet Of
| Florence, and used lobe allowed 20 walk
IN the streets aud take the presents NJ
| fruit and cakes extended 90 It from the
balconies. From this time the giraffe
was no, scon IN Europe until In 1877 the
| pushn Of Egypt sent four 30 CONSTANT.
noplc, Venice, England aud France ro-
spectiyoly.
Tho giraffe sent 10 England was in
| bad health and soon died. hut the pari.
SLAMS went wild over the pnshas present
1t had spent the winter nt Mars1llc-.
and throvc there on the mill, Of the cows
which the pashl had sent ovor for Is
use from Egypt The project OK Mar.
settles had the arms of France cmhruid-
cred ON it, body cloth, aud It entered
Paris escorted by Durfour negro. Has
sau. an Arab; u Mauoillcs groom, a
mulutto interpreter tine project al MAJ.
settles himself aud professor from tho
"Jarlin dw PlHntcs," while troops kcrt
bacl, the crowd. Thousands came every
day TO SEQ ~, and mon and women wore
glovcs, gowns and waistcuats Of the
color NJ &C. spots,
But the successful expenditure by
which, IN 1898, VI. Thibaut procured a
stncl, uf giralos for tho GEOLOGICAL so
cioty owed nothing TO the patronage Of
the pasba Of Egypt beyond permission
% enter tho S0udan. Tho caravan left
tie Nile near Dongoln, and thence
passed on "a the dt.crt Of Kord0lm
Tho,V II. Thihaut engaged tho services
uf tho Arab sword hunters, whose skill
aud courage wcrcuf such service 10 Sir
Samuel BakOr in his expedition thirty
years later 80 the SOURCES Vt tho Nile
trihutarios, md In two days thoy sighted
the CRATES,
A female with fawn was first pur.
h"on ~ '"y 'N'""'' ""' H'"'" '"' nii'
N" win lheF SWORDS ana next day
u"chod ANA clnsnt the lawn IN Tho
thorhy m'hio'l SCRUB FoF four days
tle young g'ule was occurred by ootd'
the ,ad oI W"ich wa hcid by one of the
Arah7i AZ lhe end 81 'Alt TIME 1t wa.
Pefi'clly tame ana iro'''l aiter the
caravan with me female camels which
Lsd oeen Drought 'o supply rwth mix.
Ihe ArSu' were excellent nurses, and
taught INC yenuE creature l1 dnhh milk
NY p"saNt UalF Ils.'H INTO us m9alh
"Nl 30 'hu"''NS !, to ru,E,
d, -Four G'"''' N'l'" 49, UlN.us canrht
aled IA tha con- weather Va the desert
hut he replaced threo Of thcse and
Drought loul' llrlnliNS tho INST hk'n,
down tho Mo 20 AlgAnndrin, and then
ny mp 10 Malta providence Alone