WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



" He was never tired of this sham fighting, at which he 

 never got out of temper, for, as soon as it was over, he would 

 come into the house as pleased as any puppy after the 

 fun. ' Dick,' however, soon became too big for the chairs 

 and tables, and as they were sometimes very much in his 

 way, he turned them over, not knowing, of course, that 

 anything of value was damaged by his so doing ; in fact, 

 it began to appear that ' Dick ' had a notion that whatever 

 was on the table was intended for him, and that the 

 proper way to get it was to turn the table over. It was 

 therefore decided, on July 25, 1877, that the time had 

 arrived when ' Dick ' should leave the house, and he has 

 since formed part of the collection of the menagerie." 



A WILD BOAR HUNT. 



Having to shift a fine large wild boar, on account of its 

 having a kind of mange on its skin, six or eight of the 

 keepers were required to fix some partitions on each 

 side of the den so as to make a passage for the brute to 

 pass through to the other den intended for his reception. 

 As it often occurs in matters of this kind, the arrangements 

 were not agreeable to our bristly acquaintance, who in the 

 most unceremonious manner made a sharp rush between 

 the legs of some of the attendants, and, having cleared 

 the way out, made off, for certainly the "whole hog" 

 was soon out of sight. A hot chase commenced, and we 

 were not long in tracing him as he dashed through the 

 thicket (as sportsmen say), when he took to the reservoir 

 at the upper end of the Gardens, swam across and bolted 

 back in the most determined manner, evidently fixed on 

 saving his bacon. 



By this time lots of fellows were in pursuit, some with 



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