CHAPTER XVIL 



Miscellaneous. 



Before concluding my Reminiscences I will nave 

 to say a few words on the distraction of pigs, their 

 gradual decrease, and the Arms Act. 



Of natural ailments the wild swine has very little to 

 contend against, measles is, I believe, the only known 

 disease by which a certain number are destroyed, but 

 such epidemics are of very rare occurrence, and I have 

 on record only one instance in which the bodies of three 

 pigs having so died were found. 



Though piggy has so little to fear from disease, and 

 dying a natural death, tragic endings are of frequent 

 occurrences. Besides the genus homo, some of the 

 feline tribes and even the insignificant jackals are his 

 natural enemies. Both tigers and panthers are very 

 partial to pork, and levy blackmail whenever they can 

 do so. Of the destruction caused by Stripes among 

 the porcine tribe, I cannot say much from experience ; 

 besides, in localities where tigers and pigs are found 

 together, the jungles and covers are so dense and heavy 

 that hog-hunting or pig-sticking is simply out of the 

 question ; so, though a large number of pigs must be 



