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ufe furious terrible Sounds and Noifes, as well of Voice 

 as Horn, to make the Chafe turn and fly •, becaufe 

 they arc flow, and trurt to their Tpsks and defence ; 

 which is Agere Apntm^ to bait the Boar. Yet thismuft 

 be done after his Den or Hold is difcovered, and the 

 Nets be pitched. 



The Huntfmen give judgement of the TTild-Boar by 

 the print of his Foot, by his Rooting. A wild Swine 

 roots deeper than our ordinary Hogs, becaufe their 

 Snouts are longer i and when he comes into a Corn- 

 field^ (as the Caledonian - Boar in Ovid J turns up one 

 continued Furrow, not as our Hogs, routing here and 

 there ■, and then by his foil he foils and wallows him in 

 the myre : thefe are his Vohitahra Silvejlria^ where his 

 greatnefs is meafured out i then coming forth, he rubs 

 againft fome Tree, which marks his height i as alfq 

 when he flicks his Tusk into it, that (hews the great- 

 nefs thereof. They obferve the bignefs of his Lefles, 

 and the depth of his Den i where note, that they call his 

 Dung by the name of Lejfes. 



Whenfoever the Boar is hunted and ftands at Bay, 

 the Huntfmen ride in, and with Swords and Spears 

 ftriking on that fide which is from their Horfes, wound 

 or kill him. This is in the French Hunting: but the 

 antient Komans imndiv\^ on foot, or fctting their Knees 

 to the ground, and charging direcftly with their Spear, 

 did Opponere ferrum^ and Excipcre Aprum : for fuch is 

 the nature of a Boar^ that he fpirs himfelf with fuiy, run- 

 ning upon the Weapon to come at his Adverfary i and 

 fo, feckinghis revenge, he meets with his own deliru- 

 dtion. 



Though thcCQJFild- Boars arc trcqucnt in France^ vve 

 have none in England i yet it may be fuppofcd that here- 

 tofore we had, and did not think it convenient to pr6- 

 ferve that Game: For cur old Authors of Hunting 

 reckon them among(i tl.e bcafts of Vcnery h ani we 



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