Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-14
MANY WILD BEASTS.
A HAMBURG FINN THAT Is READY
TO SUPPLY ANY ANIMAL.

A City to Which merchants All over inc
World Go for wild Animal Supplies
and Rowing seamen Bring Their Strange
Captures-Hunting Expeditions.
The animal importers have their head
quarters in chat part Of Hamburg known
TO tourists and others as est. PauPs," 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 structure
which looks more like a storehouse for cot
ton, oil and general merchandise than it
does like anything else. 1t is a plain build |
ing, but within there is enough to occupy |
ones attention for months that is II he be
possessed of animal instincts. Within the
four walls is mammoth yard or garden,
and this Is divided into 600 or 100 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
cotton tails" from San Gabriel valley,
California, as well as the bold, soaring con
dor from the highest mountain peaks OF
the Andes are represented ~ 'nlny speci-
mems.
Ordinarily only purchasers known or in
troduced to the firm are allowed to inspect
the garden, but a limited number of cards
of admission are issued every month and
presented to those who wish them. On
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
| IL 10 10 frVNgn of phgTa
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 pecuiarities 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 as 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 to spend days and some
times weeks upon the llanos, the hottest
places on earth, and on horseback chase
the fleet 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
ly consist Of a few of the old hands, a few
apprentices and volunteers, mostly anna
teur sportsmen, under the direction OF a
staff officer. They start out maybe foI
the plains of America, jungles of Africa
Tasmania or Alaska, and when they ar
rive at their destination they employ a.
many natives IA they think necessary and
plan the work of capturing certain ami
mails in that district. There is some diff
ference between catching tigers and ele
plants alive and shooting quail OF squir
rels, and IL a naturalist wants To have fur
and thrilling experience he should sen'
in his application to accompany the mex
/ expedition I'm search of gorillas or grizzl
| bears or some other animal known to b
. no respecter Of persons or anything else.
Through the large menagerie OF tn
house OF Hagenbeck are long rows G
a cages, which vary from small wooden one'
e built one above the other, for birds an
other small animals, to high cages fOrme
, Of heavy bars Of iron, some OF the bars c
3 which are two inches thick, running at th
4 top and bottom Oh small wheel or ba
, bearings. Every cage or pen Is marked I
Latin. The keeper said it was grea
q sight to behold some wild quadrupeds ~
r customed TO unlimited freedom confne
\ |
stretch their legs, much more turn arounC
= A few months seems to break many 9
( their savage habits, but they are never to
a good to claw at piece Of human fies
z when within reach of their cages, and tn
e majority Of the keepers there can exhibi
+ marks Of claws as well as those Of teet
= upon their hands and arms made by
2 ferocious tiger, perhaps Tasmanian wo
or some other species Of the cat famil!
The tanner animals are merely fenced il
r AZ IL were, in small yards, and here an
4 there are groups Of japanese chamoi
!, Gillian alpacas, antelopes, deer, zebra
{ and the like.
n The firm has no little difficulty in ge
, ting Asiatic elephants since the govern
ment passed bill for their protection. BIT
r there are their African brothers on han
g all the time, and occasionally visit
: there may see a herd Of a score or more
{ well cared for elephants. The expedition
e find IL no easy matter chasing these mo
l. sters in the jungles. and it's only by shal
d games and traps that elephants are ca
v tured. They can fight as no other amin
r can. and one blow Of an elephants trun
has laid many "A sportsman low. The san
hardships are experienced in getting croc
diles from the Amazon and upper Nil
j. The firms expedition sent out for the
Is knows Of no such word as impossible" ar
when IL returns to the garden it CARR
is crocodiles some thirty feet long with IL.
II IL cannot be said that all Of the anima
" are secured by such expeditions; for !
a stance, the dromedaries are simply ORDER
r; from Crimea, while a large number
g other animals fall into the concerns ham
1t by chance. Everything in the line Of ra
Dr. and peculiarly formed creatures Of the fo
re ext, field and seas is bought by the Hsge
re becks, and people who devote time TO ira
rs ping are aware of this fact. The GERM
g city is good place for bargains, as near
W every deep sea vessel carries something
that port which the firm is anxious to g
and for which it is willing TO pay go
prices. Every sailor is armed with sor
% fine specimen from the tropics or arctic |
Of gions, and from these rare and unlock