To the Editor of the "Norru-Cimwa Dox News"
Sim—With reference to the news Hem in your esteemed paper of July 1 regarding the -eapture of two live lant pandas by a woodcutter in the forest near Li-fan-ting in Szechuens T would like to point out that 200 kilogrammes is a fraction under 441 bs, and that 100, illogrammes is a fraction under 220% Ibs, not over 90 Ibs, and over 45 Ibs, respectively. is staied. As the largest male giant pandas do not weigh more than about 400 Ibs, it is obvious either that the' weights In kilogrammes given are wrong, or that the, pandas in question must be fully' adult and the male one of record size. Is there any way of clearing up this point?
7 would like further to point out that, although it was generally be-Veved at the time that the baby slant panda brought to Shanghai from Szechuen nearly a year ago by Mrs. Harkness was the first live one to have been secured by a Western explorer, this Ig not the case. It Seems that Dr, Hugo Welgold, the well known German ornithologist scientife explorer. accompanied by Herr Walter Stoctzner, secured a live one in 1914 In the same country that in which Mrs, Harkness Secured hers. It was only a few months old. "Unfortunately they had hot prepared for such an eventuality fand so had nothing in their stores fon which to feed the young animal With the result that it soon died.
few months ago Mr. W. MIN. Ruseell. who carried out a collecting expedition in the same territory last autumn and winter, is reported to have bought yet another live giant panda, about half grown, which, however, he did not keep alive, "The latest news about Mrs. Harkness" panda is that It now weighs over 35 Ibs. is doing well on " mixed diet in the Chicago Zoo. and is reported to be very playful and amusing. It was donated to the Chicago Zoo by a gentleman who is reported to have put up the necessary money to. finance another ex-edition to China on the part of Mrs Harkness next autumn, Annrux pz C Sownny, Shanghai, July 2.
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