MODERN NOAH'S ARK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 22 (Supplement)

MODERN NOAH'S ARK.

LONDON'S WILD BEASTS. It, is doubtful whether, even in the dim and distant past, when wild beasts held sway in Britain, such an assortment of creatures has ever passed along tinThames Valley as those that are. traversing London at. present, said a London paper last month. Seut by representatives of Mr. G. Bruce Chapman, F.Z.S., they arrive un seen by the public, from every corner of the globe almost daily, and depart, equally mysteriously, on further journeyings around the world. On one day five elephants arrived from Calcutta, and eight others, with six camels and two large baboons, were shipped to Austria, while a few days later four more elephants and over 200 monkeys left London for New York. Polar bears are among the travellers. Eight of them came to London from Norway a week or two ago, followed by a further 13 a fow days later. Three tigers, two Himalayan bears, a couple, of sloth bears, four pumas, 14 sable antelopes, the only specimens in Europe save those at the London Zoo. three large elephants, hundreds of monkeys, and about 1500 parrots are among the numerous creatures imported i by Mr. Chapman during the past month. '

the stream to the famous port of Para, on the estuary of the Para River, up which the steamers from the Atlantic sail. But perhaps the' most remarkable feature of this strange land is that, there should be found, a thousand miles from the main track of civilisation, isolated in the heart of the woods, at. the meeting of the two mighty rivers, the Rio Negro and the Amazon itself, a. fine modern town, the city of Manaos, with trams and electric light, theatres, shops, and other conveniences. Here is a good end to the good ship's journey.