Evening star., 1937-09-22
DR.. MANN TO DOCK
WITH ZOOS CARGO
Some 1900 Animals Aboard
as Collecting Expedition
Finally Returns.
BY WILLIAM II. SHIPPEN. Jr.
STAFF Correspondent OF The star

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. September
22-The Washington Zoos Collecting
Expedition to the East Indies drew
near this coast today after more than
SIX weeks at sea. Delayed by adverse
weather, the freighter Silverasn was
expected to dock here this afternoon
with DR.. William M. Mann and come
1,500 animals his expedition captured
on the other side of the world.
The steamer comes to Halifax
before proceeding via Boston to New
York, where the wild cargo will be
unloaded, probably Sunday, for rail
shipment to Washington. A group Of
Washingtonians are here to meet the
collectors, who have been away from
home since mid-Winter.
The expedition, financed by the Ma
tional Geographic Society, in associ-
alton with the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. has been described as highly sue
cessful by DR. Mann, although 10
estimates Of individual specimens are
yet available, DR.. Mann has not been
inclined to reveal this information
until he knows how many of his
jungle charges will survive the ardu-
GUS voyage.
30 Crates of Reptiles.
According TO bills of lading. however,
there are aboard the Silverash "a
crates of animals, 112 crates of birds,
80 crates of reptiles, and about
score Of hoofed animals. including one
swine. The hoofed animals Will be
sent to quarantine in New jersey for
two weeks before being shipped to
Washington.
DR.. Mann has been collecting
throughout the far-fiung islands of the
East Indies-Sumatra Java, Celebes.
Ceram, Komdo. Other specimens were
obtained in the Malay Peninsula and
in China. India and the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan. DR.. Maynard Owen
Williams, staff representative Of the
Geographic Society remained in the
East TO obtain Photographic data of
the Jungles from which the specimens
came.
Returning members of the expedi-
ton includ DR.. Mann's wife, a writer.
zoologist and nurse for ailing animals:
Malcolm Davis, bird expert, and Row
Jennier. chief keeper of the Zoos
reptile house.
Interest Creates Surprise.
Residents of Halifax were mildly sur
prlsed to see so much interest shown
by out-of-town visitors in the arrival
OF freighter bearing animals. Water
front reporters and seamen are a bit
fed up with that sort of thing.
This is a port of call for freighters
bound to North American ports VIA
Gibraltar from Africa, Asia and the
East Indies. Many of the boats bring
animals. Only this week freiehtcr
arrived from Singapore with a second
mate still on the jittery side from a
midnight encounter on deck with a
huge python which had broken its
crate. Several weeks ago a boat with
400 monkeys aboard stopped here.
That is lot of MONKEYS on srv
mans ship" remarked a water front
reporter. When I saw the boat ther.
were two runaways in the rigging. The
crew at first tried to induce them
down with bananas. After while
they lost patience and used the b7-
nanas as missiles. The boat sailed
with the monkeys still mutineers alof.."
The incoming expedition is under
stood to have a number of pets or
favorites which are neither penned.
Grated or tied. That. however, could
not be confirmed Immediately.