Wll.l) JU)AK. — Sff^- ffcro/a. 



The Wii.i) 1^).\R is spivad over tlic greater portion of the habitable globe, and 

 was in tbriiK-r davs common in a wild state even in England, from whence it has 

 only been expelled within a comparatively late })erio(l. The chase of the wild boar 

 was a favonritc anniscnient of the upper classes, and the animal was one of those 

 which were protected by the terribly severe forest laws which were then in vogue. 

 The boar was nsually slain with the spear, althongh the net or the arrow were 

 sometimes employed in his destruction. 



At the ])resent time the wild Swine have ceased from out of England, in spite 

 of several etlbrts that have been made to restore the breed by imi)ortiiig specimens 

 from the Continent and turning them into the forests. There are, however, traces 

 of the old wild boais still to be found in the forest ])igs of Hampshire, with their 

 high crests, broad shoulders, and thick, bristling mane. These animals arc very 

 active, and are nmch fiercer than the ordinary Swine. 



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