WILD PIGS. 



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Pigs, when numerous in woods bordering on fields, must be 

 kept down by battue-shooting. This is much more efficacious 

 than trapping, which has almost been abandoned since 1878 

 in the Treves district. Thus, in the districts of Treves and 

 Coblenz (1872-75), 658 and 257 pigs were shot, or respectively 

 nine times and three times as many as those trapped. 



The last wild pig was killed in England about- 1593, in 

 Chartley Forest, Staffordshire (J. E. Harting), but they prob- 

 ably lingered on to a later date in Scotland and Ireland. The 

 Indian wild pig (.S^. cristatus) differs very slightly from S. scrofa. 

 A large Indian boar may weigh over 300 lbs. and may stand 

 up to 42^ inches at the shoulder. Pig-sticking with the lance 

 on horseback is a favourite pastime in India. Wild pigs are 

 numerous in Indian forests, where, however, they do little 

 damage, though very destructive to agricultural crops. 



