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 ^Dleased 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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