New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03
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Creatures

Creatures
From The Philadelphia Post
--tT. IS 10 branch u the animal kingdom nor
any corner u The world. that is not ransacka5
an .z .oT@C nowadays fer the rI!-rasa If col
ler--- natural history curiosir5as - a71rrI-- w.
c.lf----r.l2. demand. Special exratffrjTr7s ave
sv-- 81 remote and almost inaccessible regions
I gather strange and rare animals for winch
p lHct Of The sol ~ The factory Firms 49,
III u s-eA Hsr-i-i-z1---st IA large way are To-
NUS DlS '---eS both II this country and
a.. a. and. judging from the c0npreiersi7
h-s- .- Their catalogues. IL would seem as II
M. Fi-s nothing -ha- files OF walks or syyirns
Ia-.- ~ list prices
-a- Y these catalogues adver-ises a large
as --r OF i've material as it IS termed
F-.-- .---@ document one learns that he can OBJ
IAN large Dul-tToEs at :; dozen alive and
A-.-- medium slZeC bUlifTGEs are cheaper
c.S-.-- only y - Tor twelve. Turtles are s.
f.z.- -.r adults % and =-7-aIr 80 - - =
-- - ID cents each. Pond snaiIs in
ls az -T=- . al - cents a dozen
c--. ..=- Fl 2 dozen, and nevis are = cents
t-- -7--,-E -TatT-sE II Is requested that
q t-# days notice he given in which ID secure
tla--- - case The stock should DE low. No such
r-- o. however. Is made in the case Of
e----- which come a. go cents = dozen
i IS za-- 81 say 5ha- any small boy VIII furnish
e-r-aF rms under his rate
= E - understood that all the A b0ve ANNA Is
ar. shipped alive Tn catalogue quotes small
l---tf"- ~ H' ~ y cents apiece. Live rattle
e--lt.E l--t--'T-rl u the diamond
L-----s= which costs from - u ST. Ec0nom-
l-l- persons. however. may prefer q ground rat
-es-2E- -- 81 The e0Unerlead IS supposed 10
b. -..-- deadly s the r-artl-suaze and nav
b. obtained 10Y =. while chicken snakes. king
snakes and garter snakes Sell as low as ~ cents
each.
Gratis ar- not offered alive but in alcohol and
III ms shape one can buy sand cra1s, blue crabs.
spider crabs. fiddler us mud era BIS and her
MI crabs l- prices running from r. % - cents
apiece spider crabs being thu dearest Insects,
s-l---ar.- preserved. are so cheap u tempt
1lrC1ls=. Squash bugs cost only 80 cents q
dozen. IS ---e giant water bugs come ~ only half
thai price. EarE--s are quoted 1T - cents 4
dozen. AK y. MS al ~ cents each crickets al %
cents q dozen. seventeen year IOcusts at 10 cents
Eors-tl -s invite the buyer ar only 10 cents the
r. --e Tasps may be obtained for the same
E-lee. AID .C--lleJees foot TIE list AZ six cents.
Il London. which Is the great bug market Of
lh+ world. auctions Of insects are held every
year and startling prices are paid sometimes
ny rare specimens. zS much $500 has been
1r1uE-- .- single butterfly, while OUT u the
way aea.- may De- valued AT many times its
weight sold
Hamburg IS "a great market for Wild animals,
largely --- africa, that city having i'm
p1rta1t --a-- with The Dark Continent To
London comes much material Of the same sort
-rum Australia and NeW-ZeaIand- and many
rare creatures are obtained from sailors who
teich ---a-- from t4rs0us parts # The world An
America dealer. not very long ago made
spec14- -r-p ~ White Bay. NeW-ZealaId, for the
purpose ~ procuring q kind II lizard called the
7pne1 CON- which IS regarded by scientists as
N.--e---- curiosity llaSE-uCL rs L IS the only
survivor = an entire order Of reptiles. all the
''Aer genera and species having long since be-
come extinct This lizard, which Is known TO
ne native haorzs IS the 'tuatera,' is about
l2'l and q La-- long. and, oddly enough, seems
. nave a--1lCes Win The crocodile OF coUrsA