The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-05
IAPlR NUISANCE I'M
zoo ON BOARD SHIP
Takes Fancy to Carpentsr.
Who Dislikes Species.

New IN 49, MAAaA8AAM A8GkG AMN n
Valuable collection Of rare birds and
beasts from The Upper Amazon ar
rived in New York from Para and
P~ernambucO. J
The collection arrived in charge OF
Philip Schuman, who had spent Eve
months, and had employed six hun
dred Indians in bringing it together.
The gems Of the collection aSe q
MOracaja jaguar, a beast about the
size Of q ~fOx-terrler, with a curious
mark on its forehead resembling g
Chinese laundry ticket; three alinkers,
large birds the size Of ~pheasants. with
q unicorn-Iike spike on their heads
and sheathed spikes on their shoulders
for offensive purposes; q rare and
very valuable yellow parrot. a white
marmOset four inches long, and a
three-year-old tapir, the size OF q
Shetland pony, very aRectiOnate.
The collection also includes a
monkeys, 10 macaws, % marcos ducks,
8 maracas, g garsas, 8 kutiOs, 8 antas,
26 parrots, 3 jacamees, 3 mutuns, 5
alligatOrs, 8 snakes, including a fifteen
foot boa-constrictOr; 3 owls, q land
turtles, / gwara, / three-tOed web
footed giant Brazilian .waterhog,
which resembles a highly magnihed
guinea pig, and 9 %anteaters-
The entire collection was housed on
the forward hatch and covered by q
canvas tarpauIin. This unusual dis
position Of such a %perishable cargo
vas explained by Capt. Walter benson
as due to the light cargo and the at
titude Of the crew.
A Royal Feast Of Nuts.
Except for q little rubber and the
animals the only cargo aboard was 500
tons Of Brazil nuts. II we had struck
any sort Of a sea the cargo would have
shifted. the animals would have
broken loose and, let alone the Job Of
recapturing them, would have Toasted
royalty on Brazil nuts from Para "a
Sandy Hook. g.
I'VE tried to have the animals
housed in the ~fOrecastle. but the crew
objected.
$50 the only alternative was to pul
them on the forward hatch, which We
did There was room for all but the
tapir. At first the chief officer tried
to have the beast slowed separately II
the carpenters shop. But the latte
came tO me and requested to be pu.
in irons.
at amt Christian was all b.
would say. ALI Moore was his name
and he said he had lost a cousin Il
Australia from the kick Of a tapiE
It's Orl right for I'm to sye that tn
beasts gentle Moore declared, but a
/ knows is that you'll ave to put m
in the brig for mutiny afOTe I ship
? with that blOOdthirsty reptile =
, "The worst Of It was that the tapI
seemed to have taken a fancy to All
We made him tx the cage on top Q
the others, surrounded by the an.
/ eaters and the waterhOg to steady I
But every time the ship rolled tn
! cage swayed, and no amount Of sta!
= ing could make It fast. All the tim
ALI was working, the tapir kept wri;
Cling his nose at him and uttering To-
q whistles OF affection. But ALT took 4
. notice.
: "An went well until two nights Of
{ from New York we struck a nasty lit
: sea crossing the Gulf stream. A
u felt hungry along toward midnight an
= stole aft to the galley to brew a mi
OF hot tea on the sly. AS he pass,
$ the tapir the beast gave a mOurnf
cry Of recognition, but ALI hurried 0
N Frightened by the Tapir.
.c "a bit later the chief engineer, N
. Brand, spied something moving again
the crack Of light by the galley do,
- Thinking to play a joke on Chips, W
had got so he couldn't bear TO ha
tapirs spoken OF in his presence,
sung out, Look out, the tapir's brOk
loose
e.Oh Gawd3 the tapirP ALI yeIlt
and dove -fhtOythe lazareet and bar
caded the door.
WORD passed that the tapir "
loose, and eight men and the hos
began hunting It in the dark. II v
dirty weather, the old ship rolling, (
was so light, all the birds and amin
squalling and jabbering, the Jag
meOwing like a chorus Of tones
and the anteaters giving shriIl erie
"The men carried no lantern, {
there was one nasty moment when I
Of the crew tackled the bOsun-he \
a Bristol man, and they came n
CardiT. They handled him a
roughly, and It didn't make mat,
any better when they explained
they had mistaken him for the tan
~ Finally, the chief took a hand.
N found the taplr d the galley. Onl.
wasn't tie tapir after all. II was
e fOur-lnch white marmoset.
zone OF the parrots was dying
y Its mate set up such a jabber that
o maTmoset could not stand It.
= didl't Ike living with parrots any
and was nearly crazy from the 8.
Of the Brazil nuts IN the hold.
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