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of them to be speared, but are frequently shot 

 in them from the backs. of elephants. They are 

 now and then to be met with in grass plains, 

 but finding them in such situations at this season 

 is so rare and uncertain, that it is seldom at- 

 tempted. The best method of hunting them at 

 this period, is to find out any water or swampy 

 places to which they resort for food, and cut off their 

 retreating to their jungle haunts at day break. 

 Sometimes, at this season of the year, old boars 

 may be found in bushy covers surrounding old 

 tanks, where they cool themselves in the heat of 

 the day, and feed at night; from such places 

 they may be easily driven, as these covers are 

 generally of small extent. I am inclined to 

 think that when they become aged, they do not 

 like to live in heavy covers, where they often 

 meet with enemies of the forest to encounter, and 

 therefore prefer a quieter retreat, with the food 

 which all tame swine are fond of, and of which 

 there is no scarcity in such situations, though I 

 have often heard it asserted that wild hogs will 

 not eat such food. They may occasionally be met 

 with in small patches of surput, dagger-grass, or 

 other jungles near rivers or other marshy places, 

 from which they may likewise be driven out and 

 speared. 



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