The wild boar and sow and pea cocks which were presented to the Adelaide Zoological Gardens by the King arrived at Adelaide recently by the steamer Warrigal. 'They were stibmittel to the necessary quarantiney; andVsubsequently' the .boar; and/ sows were housed in; their n^w [ jionie~rthe hippop'Otanius Souse—after ; some diffictilty.' Mr Minchin, directory of the ;; gardens,? can only describe^. the.. boars .;sfe : devils^' \ Althoiigh as, thin ;■ as mtsr they are exceedingly ferocious. On the voyage out J they refused to eat for nearly a fortnight, arid were so savage that their cage could not be cleaned once during the whole journey. They had no sooner been liberated than the female rushed into the house provided, while the male charged the iron railings, which are 6in apart,, and got through them. To escape was the last thing in the brute's mind, apparently, for he at tacked the keeper, i ending his nether garments and providing him with the liveliest few minutes he ever experienced in his life. Five of the men employed in th« gardens came to the rescue, and the boar fled. He was caught after an exciting -and somewhat- dangerous hunt, and re placed in his travelling box^ while the apertures between the railings of his prison were made smaller. Jle is now securely caged, but his fury is un governable. The approach of any person is the signal for a mad rush and a leap at the bars. The greatest difficulty is experienced by the at tendants in carrying out their duties

IMPORTANT LICENSING CASE.
