. Beasts & men; being experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animals. MY LIFE IN THE ANIMAL TRADE IS of ^i,ooo. The reader may think that I had made a good bargain in this, and at the time I was under a like impres- sion. But it seems I was wrong. For my American friend took the animals across to his own country and sold them for £1,700, ^1,600 and £i,soo respectively. I was married in March, 1871, and am blessed with five children and thirteen grandchildren, my two sons now being partners with me in the business. With the growth of the trade during the sixties and early seven
. Beasts & men; being experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animals. MY LIFE IN THE ANIMAL TRADE IS of ^i,ooo. The reader may think that I had made a good bargain in this, and at the time I was under a like impres- sion. But it seems I was wrong. For my American friend took the animals across to his own country and sold them for £1,700, ^1,600 and £i,soo respectively. I was married in March, 1871, and am blessed with five children and thirteen grandchildren, my two sons now being partners with me in the business. With the growth of the trade during the sixties and early seventies it became im- perative to find a larger site for my menagerie; in spite of extensions, we had completely outgrown our old quarters in Spielbudenplatz. After a long search I found a suitable. Reindeer. spot at Neuer Pferdemarkt, in Hamburg. This consisted of a dwelling-house, having a large garden behind—nearly two acres in extent—in which it would be possible to erect the necessary buildings, stables, etc. I therefore bought the place, and in April, 1874, we took up our abode in our new home. The transference of the menagerie to Neuer Pferdemarkt brings us to the end of the first period in the history of the business. Hitherto we had been merely animal dealers; henceforth we were to initiate and develop other, though related, branches of trade. About the middle of the seven- ties the supply of wild beasts began to exceed the demand,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913. London : Longmans
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