New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-25

\ group OF immigrants arrived in this city a
week ago yesterday who were not only brought
10 this country behind bars. but who still
i'm prison. Not Of all the new arrivals could
speak word of English any other language
and not of them has made any attempt
to talk since they landed. They arrived Just
in time to register but were disqualified be-
cause they had been SO long on the ocean that
they were classed as "foaters" The majority
were from Africa. The rest had formerly lived
in South America, Asia and Europe. One was
English and came from a park London.
lie the largest OF them all, and the sowest
All of these foreigners exhibition.
md may be seen any day at the New-York
Geological Park. Most of them inhabit the
antelope house. which has been building In an
ticipation Of their arrival for more than year.
and with a few exceptions, they have settled
down to their present life with resignation
characteristic OF the town which they have
made their home. They represent not only rare
species of the antelope and cameloid which
NEWCOMERS may not have seen before, but
as many hazardous experiences OF the hunt In
Jungle and desert, in which men risked their
lives in order to make them captive
That part of the collection which is most
likely TO stir the interest Of the native Ameri-
can is the group OF camel sheep which have
teen newly brought hither from South America
In these animals he sees type OF creature
which is peculiar to the New World. They are
rs distinctly American tobacco or sweet
corn They inhabit the Andean mountains.
and one species has done service for mankind
ever since the days of the Incas
There are four species of these camel
sheep and each now has a representative IN
the collection. All have the same sheep faces
and camel feet. There is the llama, which,
Ike the alpaca, is also tame. and which, be-
,aUst of its sure foot and stout back, has
tet made the freight of the Andes" AL
.r,ugh its pulled toes would seem to be fash
i,aed for travelling on sandy wastes. yet it
is - good climber the sharp hoofed
donkey of the Rocky Mountains The two
species Of the camel sheep" which have never
been domesticated are the guanaco and the
vi,una. While their cousins the alpaca and
tie llama bask in the autumn sun in
Their wire Enclosures at end Of the
range the guanaco and vicuna ever
restless They are slighter of form, and they
look at a stranger with frightened, indeci-
give way. By the texture Of their hair,
.an tell that they come from different lati
GUIDES. Thus the guanaco has a heavy coat
for it's home is far south Patagonia. The
v.cuua lives to the northward and nearer the
EQUATOR, and il shiverS in the keen air and
would die if exposed to bitter cold NewYOrk
winter wind These animals a gift to the
geological Park from Robert S. Brewster
When enters the antelope house for the
fii-t time one sees a huge animal in one cage
Ui.eh looks out of place. 1t seems too big for
ii. surI oundings, nor does it possess the 1.-the
If limb the airy grace which the an
t,.o, is supposed to posses This animal is the
ta.d. and it is the largest type of the species
TIT there is. When it rises to its feet, cow
T, sl.,n, it shows that it is larger than the
h., use. and that it would prove poor runner in
sl.irted chase. The specimen in the antelope
Eouee has been dubbed John Bull by his
Keeper because the animal was reared in the
l;4Ik Of the Duke of Bedford, near London. Its
tue home however, Is in Southeastern Africa,
where the sportsman and hide merchant have
nearly extinguished the race.
There pair of CRATES in the antelope