CHAP. XXI. 



SOW-HUNTING. ANECDOTE OF THE ATTACK OF A 

 SOW. HUNTING PIGS. BEATING COVERS FOR 

 THEM. 



Sows are seldom so fat as boars, and having no 

 tusks, do not generally charge the hunters or 

 afford them much sport ; they therefore are seldom 

 followed when there are plenty of the latter to 

 be met with. When boars are scarce, sportsmen 

 are glad to pursue a fat sow; their venison is 

 superior to boars', which is sometimes tainted with 

 a rankness common to male animals ;* yet their 

 flesh in general is considered much better than 

 the flesh of any tame swine, or of any animal 

 that I have ever tasted. 



Sows run faster than boars, and sooner quit 



* Which in a great measure maybe prevented by perform- 

 ing an operation as soon as the animal can be laid hold of 

 with safety or before he is cold. 



