| Show WOMAN FINDS RARE BEASTS standard oil 01 magnates daughter gets african specimens for museum now new york D dr D r aier chermon man C bumpus director of the american museum of natural history anti ounces that the um tim hits has received a gift of exceptional value from the daughter of john D archbold this consists of mounted specimens of 0 the rare bongo odthe of the antelope family and of the forest or giant pig in a letter accompanying tho the specimens mens mr ajr archbold said that tha t while on a hunting trip in africa last win ter ler mrs armar D formerly miss anne M archbold ob the specimens ironi hom h om natives in elkanio ravine british east africa they were mounted in london this is the first specimen of the tha giant pig which has reached thlu tah country it is about five and a halt feet long and three thre dand and a halt half feet high has long black bristles brist lea large and a long tall it it lives on roots in the forests the bongo Is an extremely rare animal and no other specimen lias has ever lieen been brought to this country it Is found only in the tifa dense forest and a white man so far as known never has shot one the bongo ap specimen lezimen given to io the museum by amri mrs Is of a bright chestnut with five white stripes running transversely a white crescent on the breast and the face marked with white spots on either side the curved horns are about two feet long |
