CHAPTER I. 



The Wild Boak of India (Sus Indicus), or Wild 

 Boar of Bengal (Sus Bengalensis) ; Local 

 Name Ban Soor ; and its habitat. 



Wild Boars or wild pigs are found all over Bengal. 

 Though they vary in size, shape, color, &c, those found 

 on the chores of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, in jhow 

 or koshare jungle, are par excellence the beau ideal of a 

 boar. They are mostly of a lighter color than those found 

 inland, lankier, with a heavier shoulder and shorter neck ; 

 they also carry less bristle about them, and are very 

 often found of a steel grey hue, hence the old blue boars 

 of the sportsmen. 



Those found in Western Bengal in the Districts of 

 Hazaribagh, Chota Nagpore and several other parts, 

 where marshes and water are scarce, are often found to 

 partake of the color of the soil or land they lie upon — 

 the soil being mostly red clay. The pigs are nearly^ all 

 more or less brown, some with a distinct tint of red 



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