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In Europe there are large gardens de voted to a wholesale traffic in wild beasts, birds and reptiles, for exhibition purposes, and, all the pretentions of showmen to the contrary notwith standing, from these zoological estab lishments come the attractions of the menageries and museums. One of the largest in the world is Carl Hagenbach’s Handel Menagerie and Thier Park at Hamburg. In the same manner that a dry or grocery establishment would issue its price list a semi-annual circular is issued by Hagenbach, giving the ruling Po for the wonders of ani mal life. Secretary Kalb, of the Fair Association, has received one of the cir culars, which gives the following infor mation as to the value of animals: Double-horned rhinoceros, two, one with horns 6 inches long, $2,250 each. One male and two female lions from Abyssinia, $1,625 for the lot. Pair of Persian lions, 6 years old, $1,000. Cape lionesses, $250 each. A happy family, consisting of one male Abyssinian lion, one female Ben gal tiger, a pair of black bears, a striped hyena, and a pair of Danish dogs, about 15 months old, feed and sleep together. $2,000 for the lot. Leopards from India and Africa, $350 per pair; single, $175. Spout, and striped hyenas, $100 each. Happy family of two polar bears, a black bear and a bulldog, $600. Female Polar bears, $250 each. Female Thibet bears, $125 each. Brown bears, $100 each. Male black panther and female loep ee eee. moot. Zebras, broken, $1,250 air. Male zebras, $650 each! Female zebras, $725 each. Wild lamas, $250 per pair. 7 lamas from Uruguay, $225 each. Double-humped Bactrian camels, $700 per pair. . White Bactrian double-humped cam els, $875 per pair. African riding dromedaries, $500 per P air. American tapirs, $500 per pair. Chamois goats, $250 per pair. Kangaroos, $300 per pair. Pelicans, African, $100 per pair. Small monkeys of all classes, #10 each. Black drill monkeys, $750. Snakes from Asia, Africa and India, 315 to $250 each, according to length. The circular concludes with the satate-
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Ironton Iron County Register
Ironton, Missouri, US
Thu, Jan 05, 1882
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