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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
any considerable length of time to the leeward of the 
Peccaries in the Society's Garden. 
When reduced to a state of captivity, the Peccaries, 
as we have said before, become perfectly tame and 
domesticated. A pair of them which were in the French 
Menagerie lived upon the best terms with the dogs and 
all the other domestic animals ; they returned of their 
own accord to their sty ; came when they were called ; 
and appeared fond of being noticed. But they were 
also fond of their liberty, and tried to escape, and 
sometimes even to bite, when they were forcibly driven 
into their place of confinement. They were fed upon 
bread and fruits, but ate of every thing that was offered 
them like the common pig. When frightened they 
uttered a sharp cry, and testified their satisfaction by a 
low grunt. Very similar in character are those which 
occupy a sty in the most remote corner of the Society's 
Garden. They seem, however, to be more patient of 
cold than those of the Paris Menagerie, which are 
stated to have suffered much from its influence. Our 
specimens have lived and thriven throughout two win- 
ters with no more than their usual protection. They 
are perfectly tame and quiet ; but their projecting tusks 
give them rather a formidable air ; and it might not be 
altogether safe to trust them too far. 
