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but is perfectly straight, with a tuft at the end, not 

 unlike that of the bison, and is carried erect when 

 running. 



Mr. F. H. Salvin, to whom reference has been 

 already made, kept a Wild Boar for six or seven years, 

 which was given him by H.H. the Maharajah 

 Dhuleep Singh, and came originally from Syria. This 

 animal, a female, became remarkably tame, and would 

 follow her owner about like a dog. In Land and 

 Water of January 12, 1867, he gave an interesting 

 account of her, which is too long to be quoted here 

 in extenso, but from which we extract the following 

 particulars : 



" She follows me almost daily in my walks like a 

 dog, to the great astonishment of strangers. Of 

 course I only take her out when the crops are too low 

 to be injured ; during the spring and summer months 

 I merely take her for a run in the park, where she 

 can do no harm. No dog can be more obedient to 

 the whistle than she is. In the heat of summer she 

 is fond of a swim, and has followed me in a boat to 

 a great distance. I always have her belled, to 

 hear where she is in the woods, and the bell, which 

 is a good sheep's bell, is fastened round her neck with 

 a strap and buckle. This was of use last autumn, for 

 upon one occasion I lost her for a night or two by her 

 remaining behind with her young ones amongst the 

 acorns ; and when I found her by the bell's sound, I 

 was amused to see the immense quantity of rushes 

 w^hich she had collected in. a snug dry spot for a lair 

 for herself and family. 



