The Portland daily press., 1895-05-18

anxieties of the position were rendered
keene by the sudden illness of the father
of the young animal dealer, which led to a
hurried departure from the port. ION the
railway journey" says Mr.. Carl Hagenbsck
some of the little elephants We're tired
our. SO hired big stable. and gave them
a two days. rest. On starting afresh took
the seven smallest elephants to lead them
first. They were hardly outside the sta bles
when the elephants began to cry and the
bigger ones answered, and in minute the
six which we're still lin the stable broke
loose. What was l to do? I ran ahead OF
the small elephants to the railway station.
and they followed me into the cattlepens,
the larger beasts coming close behind. and |
felt very thankful when the door was safely
closed upon the last of the .truants,' An
other and still more trying experience &C.
CURED at Suez. whittier the dealer had gone
to meet CASANOVA, who lay ill at that
place. The Greeks we're hostile. and
threatened him in many ways. They at
tempted to set the railway station on fire,
and in the confusion the door of the yard in
which the ostriches were was left open, aud
fifteen of the birds went of into the desert.
Hagenbeok seized one By the wing and
tried to hold him. but the ostrich dealt him
such u blow win hie foot that he tumbled
back. The birds were recovered in singular
fashion. One of the Keepers drove all the
goats to follow the ostriches. When the
goats came near to them the birds began to
dance with open wings. jumping about in
peculiar manner, coming nearer and nearer
the goats. until at last they followed them
home. The explanation given was that the
ostBiches and the goats had always Travelled
together and were srm friends and really
attached to each other.
Casanova died, and he was buried during
an earthquake. Since his death Herr Ha-
gent beck has employed other agents pion-
eered by Mr.. Josef Menges. the scientific
traveller, who has in So9alland collected
the animals for the representation of wild
African life which is to be given at Syden-
ham. The association OF natives with tie
cour try has been on several occasions auc-
cessfully carried out by the organizer of
these exhibitions. He began with family
of Laplanders, with whom came forty-two
reindeer. The I,apps lived in their huts.
They were followed by the Eskimos, with,
seals, Polsr bears, &c.; the Kalmucks. with
camels and sheep: the Nubians. with wild
animal caravans; the Cingalese, with ele-
plants. snakes. and cattle; and Hindoos,
Australians. Hottentots, Patagonians. and
other races have been similarly presented to
the public. The Somalis are to make tLeir
first appearance in England. and visitors
will hare an opportunity of seeing them
build their mat huts. cook their food, re-
ceive and hold festivities In honor of the
European hunter defend themselves against
the raids of hostile triebs. indulge in ma
tire sports and dances. lace or horses and
oamels. and lastly, capture on buy, nurss
and train wild animals, of which there will
be 200, including twelve lions, four zsbran,
ten elephants. twenty dromedaries. and
many leopards. hunting panthers. hyenas.
ostriohes. and pythons. Herr Hagenbeok X
has made study of forming ''happy fami-
lies. lions. tigers, lenpards, bears. and
dogs all living comfortably together in one
cage. and it may be reoolIected that one
such group was exhibited year or two ago
al the Crystal Palace. Unfortunately. the
whole of these animals died at Hamburg OF