. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. MY LIFE IN THE ANIMAL TRADE 13 it was impossible to feed them. We travelled all through the night, and arrived in Alexandria at 6 Here we joined forces with Migoletti's caravan. The whole of the next day was occupied in feeding and in general attend- ance upon my unfortunate beasts, which had suffered con- siderably from their long train journey. Thus it was not until the evening that I was able to visit Cassanova, who. Embarking an elephant
. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. MY LIFE IN THE ANIMAL TRADE 13 it was impossible to feed them. We travelled all through the night, and arrived in Alexandria at 6 Here we joined forces with Migoletti's caravan. The whole of the next day was occupied in feeding and in general attend- ance upon my unfortunate beasts, which had suffered con- siderably from their long train journey. Thus it was not until the evening that I was able to visit Cassanova, who. Embarking an elephant. had preceded me to Alexandria. Much to my regret I found him sinking rapidly, and during the following night the poor man died. There was no time to mourn, however, for on the next day the steamer was to be loaded with the living cargo. It will be readily believed that I suffered no little anxiety when I saw my valuable animals, cumbrous elephants and long-legged giraffes, hanging from the crane betwixt sky and sea. However, at last they were all safely deposited on deck, and the passage to Trieste was accomplished without. 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, New York [etc. ] : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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