WILD PIGS. 



Pigs, when numerous in woods bordering on fields, must be 

 kept down by battue-shooting. This is much more efficacious 

 than trapping, which has almost been abandoned since 1878 

 in the Treves district. Thus, in the districts of Treves and 

 Coblenz (1872-75), 658 and 257 pigs were shot, or respectively 

 nine times and three times as many as those trapped. 



The last wild pig was killed in England about 1593, in 

 Chartley Forest, Staffordshire (J. E. Harting), but they prob- 

 ably lingered on to a later date in Scotland and Ireland. The 

 Indian wild pig (S. cristatus) differs very slightly from S. scrofa. 

 A large Indian boar may weigh over 300 Ibs. and may stand 

 up to 42J inches at the shoulder. Pig-sticking with the lance 

 on horseback is a favourite pastime in India. Wild pigs are 

 numerous in Indian forests, where, however, they do little 

 damage, though very destructive to agricultural crops. 



Fig. 3lA. Windbreak after damage by deer. 



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