CHAP. XXVII. 



HOG HUNTING MORE DANGEROUS THAN FOX 



HUNTING. THE DANGERS AND INCONVENIENCES 



STATED. 



ALTHOUGH it rarely happens that any high fences 

 are required to be leaped by hog hunters, the 

 sport, exclusive of the danger of being ripped 

 by the animal, is much more hazardous than fox 

 hunting in England. In addition to the many 

 risks already recounted, many others may be 

 named ; for instance, the number of old wells that 

 are frequently to be met with in rhur fields and 

 other places, as also pits for catching wolves, 

 veiy common in Oude, neither of which are often 

 seen until nearly approached, and are consequently 

 attended with considerable danger to people riding 

 at such a swift rate as is required to kill hogs ; 

 and, when the rhur fields are cut, the stalks are 

 left five or six inches above the ground, as sharp 

 as skewers, or spikes, which occasionally run 

 into horses' feet, throwing them down as if they 



