248 SEARCHING FOR HOGS. 



secure during the day, which is often the case 

 near heavy wood, or grass jungles. When there 

 are only two or three gaps in the fences, it is more 

 probable hogs will be found there, than when they 

 are nearly all broken down, as it indicates that 

 they do not often quit them. I have frequently 

 known the fences to be apparently perfect all 

 round a sugar cane, and, nevertheless, have found 

 a large herd of hogs in it, with a considerable 

 portion of the cane destroyed ; which I think may 

 be attributed to their never having quitted it 

 after they first entered. 



