THE HOG. 



CHAPTER IV 



The Wild BoarDescription of him Characteristics the Femile and her y oung Hunting the 

 Wild Boar Homer's description of a Boar-hunt Roman festivals and games the Wild 

 Boar in England and Scotland in France in Germany Mode of hunting the boar in Ger- 

 many Wild Boar park of the Emperor of Austria Present wild breed in Germany in 

 Hungary in the Styrian Alps in Russia and Sweden In the East Habits of the Wild 

 Hog in India Wild Hog hunting in India The wild t,reed in AmericaFearful conflict with 

 a wild herd in Columbia The Wild Boar the parent stock of all domesticated breeds 

 Resemblances between Alterations produced by domestication Resumption of old habits on 

 again becoming free from control of man. 



THE wild boar (sus scrofa ; var. aper) is generally admitted to be 

 the parent of the stock from which all our domesticated breeds and 

 varieties have sprung. This animal is generally of a dusky brown 

 or iron-gray color, inclining to black, and diversified with black 

 spots or streaks. The body is covered with coarse hairs, intermixed 



THE WILD BOAR. 



with a downy wool ; these hairs become bristles as they approach 

 the neck and shoulders, and are here so long as to form a species of 

 mane, which the animal erects when irritated. The head is short, 

 the forehead broad and flat, the ears short, rounded at the tips and 

 inclined towards the neck, the jaw armed with sharp crooked tuski 



