Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-07

tured in the Indian jungles. In the dry
season the jungle Is set on fire. The
snakes which fly in all directions are
caught by tie natives IN long catchers.
These catchers are sticks with hoop at
the end, 10 which Is attached big bag so
10 that 1t looks much like Il large butter
lily net. After that the reptiles are
packed in sacks made out of mating.
These sacks are fastened on TO long
baul5oos, and natives march down to
Calcutta with tie snakes, When Cal
cutta Is reached they are packed into big
boxes from twelve to sixteen in box
that is, when they are only eight or ten
feet long; big snakes from fourteen 10
sixteen feet long are only packed from
two TO three in box They are then
sent direct TO Europe without any food
or water on the journey. for they don't
require either. The principal thing is TO
Keep item perfectly warm, for cold gives
them mouth disease which causes certain
death.
:, can remember once" continued Mr..
Hagenbeck. THAT had 1G2 snakes reach
London N perfect condition; a violent
snow storm then came on, and when the
boxes were opered In Hamburg every
single snake was dead. And as they
cost me ITO apiece you may imagine that
lost a very considerable sum by that
transaction.
-. uelv.iAl vi my ASluuc elepnnntS
come from CeylOn, although n few of
then, are exported from Burmah. i re-
member one year there was n great de
nand in the American market for Asia
tic elephants: Barnum and Forepaulh
wanted twelve each. | couldn't get
enough from Burmah, so | sent direct TO
1eyion and | got no less than sixty-seven
eiephauts IN one year, all of which dis
posed Of In the next twelve months
Most of these were caught by messing
ms Is done by Afghans who take ont n
license from the Ceylon government
specially for the purpose Of catching
elephants. Parties Of men 70 ont with
uugsi they ind herd, they follow II IN.
aahey drive the elephants into different
LISTS they then give their attention 10
me younger elephants. Each man has n
long rope made out of bullock's hide. Mt
the END OF which there is moose, He
then chases the elephant, throws Tho
moose around its hind legs and then i'll
loWs II up until tree is reached. around
y Llch me inc Is fastened. The elephants
u LTD aoMn' The rope is fastened round
.nvlr 9'her legs, and they are left for
several days until they are calmod down:
lhey are then taken and easily famed /
can wei remember" snid IIr u,,,a,.
DECK, how interested Prince Risnerci,
was when L told all about the caItnr. az
my elephants. N"P'uie va
Was sitting in my room one dav
W M servant came In and told mo tlst
ne believed that Prince BismarcI, was in
.ne menagefie- i went ont immediatelv
sn9 as soon as ! saw his tan. erect iisny,
s s,ea Wnlle moustacle | knew Il was The
"a se ;nta Tan himself. never came across
-, niecuiseht u man or one Whtt asked 80
Lnns lussuohs should think No must
selnstning Ike your Gladstone"
And how did you first START bnv,nr
beck. said. '''''' 'if' hageh-
7, VEL e' be replied. lit was in this way.
a an .SeS me hrst big lot Of aniuals lint
W., 49, appeared in Europe at one tune
r 80 Thought over by an Italian named
had not y ne couldn't sell them aud we
iot was sold to meuasevie NJ ~ ro,, rne
'A1s' which was then the biggest IL