Show n HUNTER GIVES TO GREAT BRITAIN Captain Selous Who Died I L F ui in Battle Leaves Rare Animal Trophies v V E Rr r rul London t Aug 2 In In the tho roam all a A section of oC the Natural History museum at it South Kensington arc to be seen numerous fine specimens of ot tho the wilt wild wildlife lire life of oC two continents which fell Coll to the he gUtt gun of oC the Into lato Capt Cap I. I F F. C. C Selous during tho many years he wandered hj in tho wildernesses and forests and mountains of Africa ca and North America Amer Amer- Ica ica This is to be enriched b by bythe bytho tho the addition of the splendid collection of DC trophies from Captain Selous' Selous home at Worplesdon on in the M south uth of or England Eng Eng- land The two chambered museum at ot has now closed but hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of ot persons went for a last look lack i at it before its removal I Tho work of ot dismantling the walls of or the wonderful collection of or splendidly splendidly I dl ly preserved and mounted trophies took tool several days das for there were close upon specimens to jay 11 iy nothing nothing noth noth- ing of oC the butterflies u termes and birds birds' noth-I noth e eggs epes gs not not the least l valuable part of the Rift the thc the ase assegais spears tou tough h native shields and oth other r curios which during his Captain C. Selous gathered hunting trips frost ro t Canto Came From Front It was from Africa that the great majority of ot the trophies came and their number an and i c character ar go far to Justify the the adjective e mighty applied b by late Colonel Roosevelt to this modern And yet these aro are but a part of the t toll toh h which Captain Selous took of the wild The magnificent lion which at tho the end ond of or tho the first chamber In the museum at was the first thing to attract attention and youngsters stood before it with mingled awe and admiration ad admiration ad- ad half halt fearing he might spring upon them Thc They were not so much afraid of ot the rows of oC lion Jion and lioness ss heads which were ranged behind linch n t t Meant Adventure What hat stories of or adventure ad of ot darIng daring dar dar- ing of oC endurance of ot skill and of ot es esc escape escape es- es c cape lie on the walls of oC this museum I Captain Selous wl with h a which was one of or hl his ch characteristics toMI told toM I tome some In his books but ho he only told tolda 1 a tithe of ot them Antelopes elands bushbuck gazelles ga sa aches etc form fonn th the bulk of tho the collection collection collection col col- lection but there is bigger and more formidable game in abundance That pair pail of oC huge hue tusks must have belonged to the very king among elephants perhaps tile the on one which once bestrode the prone bod body of ot the hunter and looked like putting a a. swift end to his career There are too massive heads of ot buffalo buffalo butlo but but- falo lo great rhinos with Ith monstrous horns the skull and tusks of f an ugly ully hippo o giraffes zebras le leopards cheetahs lynxes a black and sra gray graywolf wolf wol from r m tho the Yukon great eat bull moose moose from Crom western Canada caribou from rom Newfoundland and s BO so one might go on |