HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
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pres Paris. 
Besides the above, we have about 100 Hon- 
orary Members. The monthly distribution to all 
parts of the world amounts to some 1,200 copies; 
this is with a view to obtain new Subscribers. 
The subscription is only 6/- per annum, or 
6d. per copy, post free., under cover. 
Enough interesting matter is on hand from 
well-known writers to fill the Magazine for the 
next twelve months. 
Back numbers, 6d. each, can always be 
obtained. We should be pleased to receive the 
names of new Subscribers without any delay. 
Advertisements are inserted at very reasona- 
ble rates. 
The following Articles will appear from time to 
time as opportunity occurs : — 
"How I became a Naturalist." 
"Why I went to the Congo." 
"My Second Visit to the Congo." 
"Gorilla Dealing — Alive and Dead." 
"A true acount of the origination of the Wild 
Beast Business in Great Britain." 
"The Peculiarities of this Unique Business." 
"My Visit to South Africa." 
"The Advent of the Boxing Kangaroo and the 
Wrestling Lion." 
"Concerning 'Peter,' one of the most famous 
Chimpanzees of the Age; also on the train- 
ing of Chimpanzees in general." 
"The Expedition to Dvers Islands, Cape of 
Good Hope, resulting in the capture of 125 
Penguins and 12 Cape Sea Lions." 
"Ivory Buying in the French Congo." 
" How I attempted to corner the Monkey Mar- 
ket thirty years ago, and lamentably failed." 
"An impression of the Zoological Gardens at 
Regents Park, Dublin, Bristol, Edinburgh, 
Halifax and Manchester." 
"Le Chenil et L'Ecbo de L'Elevage, Journal 
du Jardin Zoologique D'Acclimatation de Paris, 
au Bois de Boulogne," has the following interest- 
ing notice in the 30th September issue : — 
" Le Menagerie Magazine de Hamlyn publie 
une curieuse rencontre qu'un de ses correspon- 
dants a fait d'un tueur de tigres dans les Indes. 
"Le 5e livraison de ce Magazine que Hamlyn 
vient de lancer avec tant de succes contient 
d'autres nouvelles qui pour n'etre pas aussi sen- 
sationnelles que l'aventure que nous venons de 
rapporter n'en sont pas moins interessantes. 
Mme. Abreu, de la Havane fait part de la nais- 
sance d'un jeune Chimpanze. C'est avec la 
naissance d'un jeune Gorille qui eut lieu il y a 
deux ans au Jardin d'Acclimatation le seul cas 
oil les grands singes antropomorphes aient mis 
bas en captivite." 
WILD BOAR SHOOTING. 
By Walter Winans. 
I have shot wild boar in two countries, Bel- 
gium and Germany. In the former country small 
terriers are employed — very few boar-hounds — as 
the latter try to run in too much and get killed, 
also they bustle the boar too much, any fast big 
clog has the same failing, a hound especially, once 
on the line of boar will run them off into the neigh- 
bour's shoot. 
The great point is to drive boar to the guns, 
the dogs going with the beaters, to work through 
thickets too dense for the beaters to beat 
thoroughly. 
The guns are posted, most in front of towards 
where the beaters are driving, but also some guns 
at the sides, or even, if there are enough guns, 
one or two behind. 
These last sometimes get the best chance, the 
largest boar especially those which have been shot 
at and missed in former drives, are very shy of 
coming forward. 
They work up close to the edge of the wood, 
get a whiff of the wind, or a sight of a man and 
break back. 
The great thing is to drive the boar slowly 
and not off the ground, so that they stop in the 
next thicket, if not shot and> can be driven out of 
that later. 
A big or fast dog' clears not only that wood 
but woods for miles round and frightens the boar 
so much they leave the neighbourhood. 
A small yapping dog, plucky enough to hold 
a boar at bay when wounded, but which the 
boar can easily distance by galloping, the dog 
coming back at once as soon as he has chased 
the boar out of the particular wood being- driven, 
is what is wanted. 
The Belgians find this in terriers, the Germans 
in dachshunde. 
I used, when shooting in Belgium, to go to 
the various Dogs Homes in London and buy dogs 
sent there to be destroyed for biting people, or 
general viciousness; the best dog for boar I ever 
had was one condemned to death for biting a 
butcher's boy — I just got there in time to save 
