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Show Thought Dead 4 Years, Returns From Jungle Albany, N. Y. Believed by friends to have perished In an African Jungle four years ago, A. J. Klein, formerly New York state taxidermist. Is back alive and well. Mr. Klein came back with a record of having slain 88 lions, and with 20,000 feet of motion picture film, depicting native hunts, herds of 200 gnus and zebras, and data concerning con-cerning the life and habits of many animals. Mr, Klein has spent 14 years exploring ex-ploring the South African Jungles, where he collected specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. Until about four years ago be corresponded cor-responded with David C. Lithgow, an artist of Albany, but since that time no word had been received from the explorer and scientist. Mr. Klein regards, as his most Important Im-portant work, the photographing of packs of hyenas. It is difficult to get hyenas in large groups because they break up and hurry to their lairs before be-fore daybreak, he said. By appealing to the animals' greed, however, he succeeded suc-ceeded In keeping them out until after sunrise. |