Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-25
MANY WILD BEASTS.
A HAMBURG FINN THAT IS READY
TO SUPPLY ANY ANIMAL.

Captures--Hunting Expeditions.
The animal importers have their head
CHARTERS in that part Of Hamburg known
to tourists and others as "St. Paul's," an
i'll reputed suburb of the old Hansa town
where sailors OF all countries meet. Here
the big building is situated and from the
exterior one gets the view of n structure
which looks more like n storehouse for cot
ton, oil and general merchandise than it
does like anything else It is a plain build
ing, but within there Is enough to occupy
ones attention for months, that is If he be
possessed of animal instincts. Within tho
four walls is mammoth yard or garden,
and this Is divided into 600 or 700 smaller
yards or pens, which are occupied by ami
mails from all zones and countries, crowded
together The strong, ferocious gorilla
from the primeval wood Of Africa, the
"cottoD tails" from San Gabriel valley,
California, as well as the bold, soaring CON
dor from the highest mountain peaks Of
the Andes are represented by many speci-
MEMS
Ordinarily only purchasers known or in
PRODUCED to the firm are allowed to inspect
the garden, but limited number Of cards
Of admission are issued every month and
entering one passes the Office, where are
employed forty clerks or more, of whom
several are occupied in keeping account
Of the arrival and departure Of animals, as
these only stay there few days before
leaving for their final destination. In the
garden there is an energetic corps Of men
who, armed with sharp knives and pistols,
are willing TO dare most any danger. Many
of the keepers have been there ten years or
more, and are accordingly acquainted with
all the peculiarities Of the profession. They
are, or ought to be for their own safety, ex-
cellent marksmen, acquainted with the life
of an explorer, they being sent ~ assist
ants in the searches for animals In all parts
Of the world. Not few Of these men have
been to South America, where they have
been sent to capture ostriches. There they
were compelled 20 spend days and some
times weeks upon the llanos, the hottest
places on earth, and on horseback chase
the feet monsters and throw the bola at
their necks.
Six, seven and eight expeditions are sent
out every year, but these are not made up
wholly Of experienced men. They general.
by consist of few of the old hands, few
apprentices and volunteers, mostly anna.
teur sportsmen, under the direction Of a
staff officer. They start out maybe for
the plains Of America, jungles Of Africa,
Tasmania or Alaska, and when they ar
rive at their destination they employ a.
many natives ~ they think necessary and
plan the work Of capturing certain ani
mails in that district. There is some diff
ference between catching tigers and ele
plants alive ard shooting quail or SPUR
relH. and if "A naturalist wants to have fur
and thrilling experience he should send
in his application to accompany the next
expedition in search Of gorillas or grizzly
bears or some other animal known TO b.
no respecter Of persons or anything else.
Through the large menagerie Of the
house Of Hagenbeck are long rows Of
cages, which vary from small wooden ones
built one above the other, for birds and
other small animals, to high cages formed
of heavy bars Of iron, some Of the bars O
which are twoinches thick, running at tn,
top and bottom on small wheel or bal
bearings. Every cage or pen Is marked II
Latin The keeper said IL was grea
sight to behold some wild quadrupeds ar
customed to unlimited freedom confined
in cages or dens in which they could moi
stretch their legs, much more turn around
A few months seems to break many d
their savage habits, but they are never tor
good TO claw at "A piece OF human iiesl
when within reach Of their cages, and th'
majority Of the keepers there can exhibit
marks of claws az well as those Of teetl
upon their hands and arms made by
ferocious tiger, perhaps Tasmanian vol
or some other species Of the cat family
The tanner animals are merely fenced in
az it were, in small yards and here anc
there are groups Of japanese chamois
Gillian alpacas, antelopes, deer, zebra
and the like.
The firm has no little difficulty in get
ting Asiatic elephants since the govern
ment passed bill for their protection. Blu
there are their African brothers on han'
all the time, and occasionally a visito
there may gee herd Of score or more 0
well cared for elephants. The expedition
find il no easy matter chasing these mon
sters in the jungles, and it's only by shar
games and traps that elephants are car
tured. They can fight as no other anima
can, and one blow Of an elephants trunl
has laid many sportsman low. The sam
har,lships are experienced ia getting crocc
dies from the Amazon and upper Nile
The firms expedition sent out for then
knows Of no such word as impossible an
when il returns to the garden it carrie
crocodiles some thirty feet long with IL.
1t cannot be said that all Of the animal
are secured by such expeditions; for In
stance, the dromedares are simply ordere
from Crimea, while a large plumber Q
other animals fall into the concerns hand
by chance Everything in the line Of rar
and peculiarly formed creatures Of the fol
est, field and seas is bought by the Hager
becks, and people who devote time 70 traE
ping are aware Of this fact. The Germs
city is good place for bargains, as nearl
every deep sea vessel carries something :
that port which the firm Is anxious TO &c
and for which il is willing 70 pay goo
prices. Every sailor Is armed with som
fine specimen from the tropics or arctic n
gions. and from these rare and uniooke
for quadrupeds gre sometimes secured
Providence Journal.
Professor Hoedens Views Of Mars.
Professor Edward s. Holden, the a