Evening star., 1926-10-20
zoo EXPEDITION
TO LAND SUNDAY
Rough Weather Makes Trip
Hard-Poisonous Rep
tiles Break Loose.

The City of Calcutta, modern ark
bringing more than 1 1000 wild ami.
mails from East Africa to the Wash.
ington Zoo. will reach Boston some
time Sunday, day ahead of her
scheduled time.
This news was contained in a radio
message to the Smithsonian today
sent from Midatlantic by DIR. William
NJ. Mann, superintendent of the Zoo
who was in charge of the Smithson.
ian-Chrysler expedition to the Tan.
ganyika province, veritable Eden OF
wild creatures.
DR.. Mann Is bringing back one OF
the largest collections of wild animals
ever received in the United States. Il
will nearly double the animal popula
ton of the National Geological Park
and. it Is expected, make it the most
complete geological collection this side
of the Atlantic.
Rough Weather Encountered.
The ship has been on the high seas
45 days. 1t has encountered a great
deal of rough weather, during which
extreme care was necessary to keen
the animals. unaccustomed to confine.
ment. in good health. Thus far. how
ever, they have had remarkable sue.
cess, DIR. Mann informed the Smith.
Sonian.
Ills message was sent just after the
freighter had come through an At.
lantic storm. 1t was one of the most
trying experiences of the whole ex-
pedlt1on. Some of the deadly poison.
Gus reptiles broke loose from their
cages and nest Of splitting cobras.
whose fanSs meant death, established
themselves in a coal bunker so that
progress was impossible until thev
had been recaptured.
The prize Of the collection is the
giraffe, one of the few to be brought
to the United States in recent years
which DR.. Mann captured especially
Tor the children of Washington. II
IS extremely difficult to bring in a
living giraffe. This little fellow
however. Is in good health. DIR. Mann
the Smithsonian reported, literally
had lived in the baby's cage during
most OF the trip. snatching a nap only
at rare intervals during rough nights
and ready with medicines and blankets
the instant the little fellow showed
signs Of suffering from the cold. Colo
is deadly poison to giraffes. A slight
chill and they fall victims to pneu
monia.
20 Monkeys in Collection.
The animals are contained in 2OC
cages. constructed hurriedly in Africa
by native carpenters at the time they
were captured. The full list is un-
known. DR.. Mann cabled a partja
list which included seven large anC
~ small cats, five hyenas, % reptiles
10 large and 800 small birds, 10 mon
keys, four swine, so other mammals
not including a small collection OF
antelopes. The actual bill of ladine
of the City of Calcutta, however. is
much larger than this. but it is pos
sible some of the animals may have
died since the expedition has been on
the way home.
The ship, with It's motley collection
Of jungle creatures, will go into quar-
antine for an indefinite period at Bos
ton-perhaps for as much as two
weeks. Federal inspectors will ex
anime carefully all the animals tc
make sure that no tropical animal
diseases will be introduced into this
country. The port of Boston was
selected because Of the wild animal
quarantine station maintained there
by Hagenbach Bros, the great Ger.
man wild animal collecting company
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