Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
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1t is probable u. ;.f - '';.'..'
difficult or Sp'c ui:,ti.o .... Al. :i
of dealing in ri!i II, .t. j. c-t, t..!
it is all v,i> ~..i t, t-. tp., : y. T.. =
erpcOi; I!HG -. 80. T.
tells, Of Nv ,''H ',l" t", Wild
animal ira.i" - .r '..'''.. f,...,- own
hands: zen N .,. ..umt .:1rry
selling lions ~ -. .,...r .'.o each.
and CRATES At >i..II " y ~, ana all
other animals ma. 81 - f.: iinthing,
providing at large III the .ua.i-- ana only
waiting for your agents H. come along"
If this We're really 50, more persons
would engage in the wild beast trade in
stead of leaving the entire business OF
the world in this connection to me three
dealers above mentioned Certainly prices
are large and the goods belong to any
i,ar able to lay hands on them. But
imagine what n business 1t is to send out
trained Hunters to India and Central
Africa and the malarial junsles of SUI
ma!ra and Java. as well as to the canni-
bal recesses of New Guinea and the desc
laia highlands Of Central Asia.
Each Of these men requires a huge and
cos.iy outfit of tents, arms, ammunition,
canned foods. and car loads of brass
wire. beads, and other goods for barter
in" with tie natives The agent must en-
s:a"e tribal hcadmen and native trapperS
:inC iunlels, and OrSaniZc Il search on ::
great scale FER wild beasts Will Young.
y
Ia capture an adult rhinocpros ~ hippo
potanrS. although lions and tigers may
occasionally be trapped in siaked rit
whose mouth il covered over with turf
and 'wi"s and is bait ID with 4 live goat
But il is usually The ycnn; onas which
tie wild least imrt rt"rS agent devotes
his attnn: ion 10. killing the parents out
right. and taking on. their SKINS. iE
which, by the way. 4 vnrv large busna y
is done.
The delic?te babies" require WY care
fu feo'iin" witt goats milk and other
dclcacies; and When at length TIE agent
has amused in his camp a great number
Of wild beasts, crates and cages are made
for them hv the local natives under the
white lnan's direction. forest trees be-
ing cut down especially for this pur-
p1se. Elephants are caught in much III"
sam" way That The Indian government
takes them. in ''kheddahs. or staked in
closures. ;'H; the ordinary Wild beast
ran is at great disadvantage in not hay
ing any tanned tuskers 10 subdue and
Cnn'ilid:e his colossal prisoners.
1t is a mistake TO suppose that civiliza-
tim has maze such ST ''ides in thu waste
places Of the ealth the; wild beasts are
in dancer of extinction True. the British
government has established Il kind OF
game preserve for elephants. lions. and
r,l:noccri in North Central Africa. and
the French. German ard Portuguese gov
ernmerts charge heavy fees for q licensr
to Kill, or capture big game in their Afri-
can colonies; but still in the Athi Pains
OF Somaliland herds of zebra and antelope
roam in thousands, and after them. nat
urallv enough. come the larger carnivora
chief" liens and lepardS Gn, :tror,n,
about the sources Of the Nile end the
Great Lakes anG in Equatorial Egypt also
there sill remain vast regions untrodden
Nv white nen. where it is known thai
elephants. giraffe ana many other val e.
ties Of scarce great game .cam in incred-
lille numbers.
II is worth noting that some Of the deal
erS now undertake tho education of wild
ani"'al- themselves At heaGnuart "rs. lind
ing that their staff by it'll" trouhl.,
con t+cch Lions ard tigers. seals AMI
polar bears and elephants various i'll
.tEious little feats and tricks which
may very well add 50 per cent 10 The
selling price. Thus an "rdinarv lion
might he sold for $50. while perform
ing lion Nigh; fetch Sl.20a. A polar h,.f,r
fresh fror, the Attic might realize 800,
hut if taught 10 perform 4 few easy tricks
IN which nature has aided him. Il circur
q" private entertainment will gladly nay
$l.cG0 or 81 $50 for him.-New York Press