The lower tusks of the male wild boar, which project about three inches from 

 the jaw, and are kept with edges as sharp as razors by wear against those of the 

 tipper jaw, are most formidable weapons, capable of ripping open a horse at a single 

 stroke. Both the European and the Indian species are among the boldest and fiercest 

 of alt animals, charging men, horses, or elephants time after time without a mo- 

 ment's hesitation, and in spite of the most desperate wounds. Indeed, the injuries 

 that a wild boar will sustain without loss of life are perfectly marvelous. A corre- 

 spondent of the Asian newspaper relates that he once killed an old boar, in the skull 

 of which the broken extremity of the tusk of another boar was firmly embedded, 

 with its point penetrating into the brain cavity a short distance behind the left eye. 





BERKSHIRE PIG. 

 (One-sixteenth natural size.) 



Although the speed of a wild pig is considerable, yet it cannot be maintained 

 for any long distance, and accordingly, either a boar or a sow may be easily over- 

 taken by a well-mounted horseman after a comparatively short run. Both as re- 

 gards speed and inclination to fight there is, however, considerable local variation 

 among the wild pigs of India; the large heavily-built animal found in Bengal being 

 nuch more disposed to show fight than the lighter pig of the Punjab, which has a 

 r turn of speed. In spite of its boldness, the Indian wild boar seldom makes un- 

 id attacks; but when once roused nothing will stop it. An instance is on record 

 boar charging, overthrowing, and ripping open a camel; and there are several 

 ithenticated cases of boars having attacked and killed or beaten off tigers 



