The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-16
WRITES OF HIS TRIP
Hr. Starnes and Prize Win
ners from ether States
Visit the 100"
~ Park Covers 10. Aeres cf sroand
ama Lies Just Beyend the NORTH
western Limits - tsse CSfy-An
Interesting asd Valuable Collection
a< lave Animals.
(Continued from ias, ~eek, }

of Lave Au1EaAs.
(CoRtinued from last week
Al xe left the Treasury we we're
CORY 10 nnd that Il was / / o'clock:
for IL you remember. / told you that
We had made arrangements 10 meet
the President at 1915. Seeing that
re we're 100 late. we postponed 1t
until Wednesday tomorrow. Prof.
Martin blamed US for the delay. for
It IL true that he tried 10 get Us 10
70 several times He said that he
vas unable to get US TO follow him.
and therefore We were 10 blame.
IL you are all like we were. you
could stay in the Treasury Depart
ment until it would be necessary TO
20 out for something TO eat. At
least II was that way with US, and
know 1t would be the same with you.
We decided 10 visit the Geological
Park" which is administered under
the Smithsonian Institution, covers
167 acres OF ground beyond the
north western limits OF the city, and
contains an interesting and valuable
collection of living animals. II is
easily accessible by street-cars run
ming from Pennsylvania Avenue and
Seventh Street, and from Ninth to
F Streets, without change. and from
park, as defined in the legislative au-
thority for its establishment in 1889,
is 1.-The advancement of science and
instruction and recreation OF the
people" In carrying out this pur-
pose it undertakes primarily to col
lect and preserve our national fauna
and, secondly, to provide entertain
ment for the public, while it inciden-
tally preserves to the people Of the
District a singularly beautiful tract
81 land.
We boarded car and went to the
park. The first thing that we no
ticed was some deer from South At
RIGA. They were unlike the deer of
our country Differing in color and
physical development. There is more
deer in the Zoo than any one thing,
being so many species and goodly
number of each kind. We noticed
the Eskimo dogs and all of the ami
{ mails of the Arctic regions, such as
the polar bear, which dives into a
pool of ice water about every 20
minutes. A fine pair of Polar bears
as white as the snow itself, were the
i first to attract my attention.
There are about ten species of the
bear in the Zoo, and the largest of
these is one from the central part OF
Brazil. He is a huge brown bear,
and is said to be the largest bear in
the world in captivity, weighing, in
1909, 1850 pounds. 1t is believed
that he has gained since he was
! weighed in 1909. They are all in
separate lots and have a rock door
way into their slepeing place. This
is done in order to make it lock like
their native home in some mountain
cave.
We next passed to the place where
all OF the fowls are kept Here l
saw just about what we saw in the
Smithsonian, except the creatures
were alive. After looking at some
Of the queerest looking birds that are
in the tropical zones, We passed on
lions and vicious kinds Of animals
were kept. They were all weaving
to and fro in their cages, acting rest
less, for they knew that it would
soon be feeding time. We stayed
close about to see the keepers feed
them. At 1880 they came in, pull
ing a small wagon loaded with large
"slugs" of beef and driving along,
they would put each ones share to
him with a two-pronged fork. Each
animal would receive it's share with
q low growl, which warned any one
not to come nigh.
After leaving this, we went to all
interest But I am not permitted by
time and space to mention now: but
I will rIention one. The South Amer
lean Llama is a very interesting ami
NAL. There was pair OF these
which would attract the attention OF
every one who would come close
They would step back from each 9th
er and then run at one another and
strike their breasts together which
would some time result in the weak
er to get a hard fall. After doing
this they would come and beg fol-
something to eat
We stayed in the Zoo until four
o'clock and went out regretting thai
We had not, and could not, be able tt
see the beavers. They would mo-
come from their hiding in their self.
made dam of logs and sticks. We
went back to the hotel and awaited
the coming of the Georgia bow.