Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-06-30
VISITING A LION FARM
HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE REARED
FOR THE MENAGERiES.

: rian Lion Kennel Must be an interesting
Place For a Man In Armor.
For the last 1000 years the seaports of
northern Africa have been the principal
supply stations of the geological curiosity
market. During the palmy days OF the
Circus Maximus the Roman proconsui
In Hippo Regius had special instructions
to supervise the weekly shipments OF
wild beasts. and our menagerie owners
still import large percentage OF their
live stock from Gran and Algiers. The !
latter city, especially, has become a rem
devious of international pet dealers, and
on my last visit to Antwerp Captain FL
lard. the travelling agent OF the famous
Hagenbeck sale menagerie, gave me an
interesting account Of lion kennel IN
the neighborhood of the ancient capital
of the Algerian pirates.
In the arcades of the Palace Royale
and all along the steamboat wharves
strangers are troubled by the lnportu-
mites of beast dealers who bawl out the
merits of their pets. and in the ardor OF
competition will not hesitate to thrust
tame monkey into the arms OF possible
purchaser At a tent near the piazza OF
a French hotel Captain Ellard saw ma
tive Arab with a dozen young lions, va
rying in price from 10 to Is francs, but
learning that the trader was merely
salesman Of a wild beast farm in the
outskirts Of the Carbah. the hill suburb
of Algiers. he resolved to apply at head
quarters. knowing from experience that
stock breeders are apt to keep their best
specimens n home
The captaius guide conducted him
through rubbish heaps and bramble
matches to an nciosed garden. which at
FIRST look might have been mistaken tor
one of the numerous yeslras, or orchard
farms. in the uelghborhood Of the Al
qerian coast. towns. But when they en-
tered the gate a young baboon leaped
down from tie low stone wall and raced
toward MS mother. who snatched hlm NJ
IN her arms and hurried of with cough
ing barls Of alarm.
please keep on tins side Of the road,
said the guide There's she Jacka
with pups under that bush over yonder
and she's very apt to fly AT stranger.
ANY way you please IL that TIT
owner OF the r!acc:" pointing to an oil
AIHD WHO haN i'It7N Wv 'tsi''-ra '''N - 49,
red den-apparHntiya natural cave htte'
up for the purpose Of n Eennei
yes that's the shelkh, that's BE
Koffa. said the guide lie used to D
chief OF a lItlir u.ogUiau tribe, but tn
war ruined ihrn ie aii right no"
They can't ure;,i; up ms present bushes
as long a. the people IA Franciscan bu
wood devils tshat-e-kamr "a gener1
name for carnivurOus animals, or we
mint" IA our truprtrs won'd call them
The sbeikh dropped tls rake and we
coined the captain who stepped back
save his clothes from two bahy hons I'M
mad suueezpd ont al ti.rir cage and begs
10 play with MS trousers
Some halt grown brethren Of the your
baboou had emerged from their hidiI
place uuder tine house aud at once pr
ceeded to Iliusiut" their recular tale
by upsetting u ,hsh "i mII6 before L
old Arab could t.lca tA"lH uGt Of the wa
Seeing one Of the young Hons help M
self TO the spilled mIlE they grabb
MIN by the tai and @yt their fac
scratched for iEelr truuhic. but in I
ensuing scrimua2c iuGr pairs oi h'
threatened tu prevail HsunHt TWO pairs
immature claws when the old loness
the cage rose up with "a iuenaclng gro
that sent the 4-uaHder" scamperinS
with screa,us Of disuI"y One OF the
uior balloons theu APPEARED on the sea
put vanished IKE sliut when the shei
made a graf tor uis rake. The capt
Durst ont Imagining
You may believe 1t Eeeps me busy
stragnteii oct tins mob of rascals, s
the old Arab. but ~ the long run
the cheapest plan 10 give them as I'M
freedom as possible They live
twice as long and are not 50 apt TO
paldheaded with homesickness
But suppoSe those young scar
should run INTO "a gang Of your jack
would not some Of them be apt 10
badly hurtF
Il don't think they would. said
sheikh They get along in peace
the same as ont IN the wilderness ia
ais Won knuw. live on uleat and babe
ON berries aud roots. so they do not
terfere with each others business.
would be different with some other c
tnres have a cagefui Of wildcats f
Mount Atlas aud when one OF them
out few weeks ago you could hear
dogs and jacsals howl all over the 70
ship. a dog and all his cousins seel
nave an idea that a small sized cat
got no right 10 he alive anyhow A
the big cats. like lions and leopards'
are a little more careful.
How many Of the big kind have
altogether 81,
Five Ieoparas and % lions, said
sheikh. They are in the main kt
ON the other side of the wall bu'
safer to Keep the younger ones neal
house.
1T must cost you a pretty penn
eaod oil those boardersF