THE’ WILD BOAR. 109 
legs, and tail only remaining black, it is called grand 
vieux sanglier and solitaire. 
The winter coat of the Wild Boar is quite different 
to that which he wears in summer. The-entire body in 
winter is clothed with down, over which comes a thick 
coat of coarse hair, forming a stiff mane of long bristles 
down the neck and shoulders. This is all shed as 
the summer approaches, when, with a smooth coat and 
no bristles, he looks quite a different animal. To see 
him at his best it is needJess to say he should be 
viewed in winter. His appearance is then extremely 
picturesque, with his short round black ears standing 
GROUP OF WILD BOARS.* 
erect through his stiff grey mane; high shoulders, 
drooping towards the tail; his black legs almost as 
fine as those of a deer, denoting speed and activity ; 
and a tail which he nervously twitches while champ- 
‘mischief ” in every look 
ing his tusks and darting 
of his small twinkling eyes. 
The tail, it should be observed, is never curled, as 
frequently, though erroneously,represented in pictures, 
* From a carved horn in possession of the author. 
