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tin-own at all in the vicinity of the game, he is 

 almost certain to be severely hurt.* 



The speed of the Hog is much greater than 

 what might be supposed from the look and form 

 of the animal. A trot at first, changed into an 

 ambling gallop, will keep some of the swiftest 

 steeds of India for a time at a distance ; arid it 

 is by pressing hard at first, and blowing the game, 

 that it is generally come up with. Colonel William- 

 son mentions an instance where he, with some 

 others, were fairly beat in a distance of three 

 miles, the Hog gaining the cover in spite of their 

 exertions. A chase sometimes extends to five, 

 six, or seven miles. 



The adult Wild Boar is generally of a brownish 

 black ; the hair of considerable length about the 

 head and mane. They stand from twenty to 

 thirty inches high at the shoulder ; and Colonel 

 Williamson mentions having seen a huge Boar 

 of forty- two inches in height ; while he speaks of 

 three feet as a common size, which, being most 

 active, also exhibit the best sport. The young are 

 of a pale yellowish tint, irregularly brindled with 

 yellowish brown. Colonel Williamson gives the 

 characters of the wild Indian breed : " a broad 

 flat forehead ; short pricked ears, rather round at 

 their tips, and lying very close to the neck. The 



* See a long account in Colonel Williamson's Oriental 

 Sports. 



