CHAPTER XXVI 



ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN, STUTTGART : DIRECTOR, HERR 

 ADOLF NILL 



This Zoological Garden owes its origin to Johannes Nill, 

 a carpenter in the city, and a great lover of animals. 



His collection at first consisted of indigenous animals, 

 such as deer, roe, foxes, singing-birds, etc. Wild boars 

 and chamois were afterwards added. A large circle of 

 Nill's acquaintances paid regular visits to the collection, 

 and in 1866 a restaurant was built and called the 

 Deer Park Inn. With the proceeds of this restaurant 

 a Zoological Garden was laid out, and a deer house, a 

 monkey house, some bear pits, and duck-ponds were 

 constructed. To these were afterwards added enclo- 

 sures for chamois, wild boars, goats, ducks, birds of 

 prey, and small birds. The Garden was opened on 

 July 1, 1871. The entrance fee was fixed at three- 

 pence, and a penny-halfpenny for children ; yearly 

 subscribers paid two florins for a family, and one florin 

 for one person. 



After the closing of the well-known Werner Zoo- 

 logical Garden in the centre of the town, more land 

 was acquired in 1875, and several new buildings were 

 erected, including a llama house and a gymnasium for 

 children. 



