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October 27, 1917 - (continued)
They had here a very long trunked Indian elephant, a pair of reindeer, muntjaro,
wolves, badgers and many birds. In a building in the park was a large collection of
mounted birds. No reptiles or fish were in the park except for 3 small Chinese
alligators, the first I have seen.
Underwood gave me a pamphlet he has written on big game in Korea, published by
the Royal Asiatic Society. He has used the 401 Winchester Automatic on boars with
success and never had it jam. Curtis gave me a humorous account of Pontius, the
American Consul at Foochow's wedding at which he acted as Consul and tied the
knot on a train travelling 20 miles an hour out of his territory.