Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-20

Of the globe. There arc FIVE in Asia,
three in Africa, several in Europe, two
in India, and three IN America.
Many of Mr.. Hagenbecks travellers
have been noted explorers BEFORE
Joseph Mcnges engaged himself to
| 1IaRenbeck he accompanied General
Gordon to the head-watcrs OF the Nile.
where he made important studies of
fora and fauna Of the region. On this
! trip nearly every one Of his compan-
! ions died Of fever.
Then there was Essler. who was
never so happy as when catching
monkeys. lie was once held a prison
er by King Theodore of Abysisinia for
six years. being released by the Brit
ish
| Alas! some OF these daring hunters
have lost their lives while in quest Of
their strange quarry. There was
| Kohn, a Bavaran. He was as dry and
as grave as 81 mummy. but he under
stood as we'll as anyone how to catch
wild beasts.
| One day he turned up in Europe
with a troop of giraNes. The dealer
promptly bought them and told him
to go and get more. Four times he
travelled into the heart OF Africa for
the Arm, until he was murdered dur
ing the Mahdist uprising. While
bringing home some animals from
Sumatra only few weeks ayo a col
lector died from fever. Among his
captures was python twenty-nine
feet six inches long and turning the
scale at three hundred pounds, the
Largest serpent in captivity.
Tho story OF how wild beasts are
caught and transported from their ma
tive haunts to the geological gardens
OF Europe is full of interest to the
lay mind. Lions are taken when mere
cubs. and brought up milk and
fowl. 1t Is much the Same IN the case
OF all the bigger animals; only the
young are taken, for tho simple rca-
son that II would be impossible to
hold f,ll-grown specimen.
| To capture the giraffe natives
mount their swift Abyssinian ponies
in charge OF a European hunter. They
drive n herd forward at such pace
that it is impossible for the young to
keep up with their elders The form
er then captured. a halter placed
round their necks. and tied to trees.
| vi Atu lhty ittlulic tbItlu nuTS-
ing so harmful are the effects of the
chase. Indeed. in the case OF rare
deer and sntelopes it is necessary
sometimes to inject Chloroform to
send the animals to sleep: otherwise
they would die OF fright.
| Zebras are caught by natives who
armed with an offensive looking short
stick, at the end of which are tied
short pieces of colored cloth, sur
round Il herd. and by shouting and
waving their sticks drive the animals
forward into previously prepared
corral. Some OF the expeditions sent
out by Iiasenbeck remain away for
periods Of six to eighteen months.
The two most expensive animals to-
day are the hippopotainus and the
rhnoccros. There are two ways of
catching the former. One is as fol
lows: The so-called Hawaii, of Wa
ter hunters, of the Sudan, all of whom
are expert swimmers and divers, har-
pooh their victims at the noon hour.
when they are in deep slumber. They
then pull them To the bank by means
of cord attached to the harpoon.
made in such a way that Il does not
MAR" u ueep WbuIu. ruby three-
quarters OF the hippos exhibited in
Europe have been caught III this way.
The other method is to dig IL pit in
the forest and conceal its opening by
'branches Of trees and leaves. When
the mother hippo and her baby. the
latter always walking in front. pass
es along the young hippo fails INFO
the trap and j, caught.
u IN handling his strange morchan-
disc Nh. faEenbccN las met with not
= a few adventures and marrow escapes
= Some years ago he had an exciting
- time with an elephant. He was at the
Ira way depot experimenting the de-
~patch OF number of animals when
IAN express train ran through the sta
ton, whistlng rather long and fur
iouslY rs it did so. The elephant was
frightened and things looked serious
quick lightning I1agenbec X
jumped UP and caught hold of one OF
its ears. But the animal da sled away
with the dealer hanging on. He was
carried in this fashion right through
the streets OF Hamburg. and the ele-
plant did not stop until IT reached
the stable from which it had been
taken