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to be found where flocks and herds wander." 

 But true as this Is of the boar of Northern 

 Europe, local conditions have quite altered 

 the habits of the animal on the Albanian 

 coast. Throughout the day we were sur- 

 rounded by live stock : the infernal din of 

 their bells spoilt all my pleasure in most of 

 the beats, and yet seven or eight pig were 

 forthcoming. But I anticipate. This time, 

 finding my glade gradually filled with horses, 

 donkeys, sheep, a man talking with a boy, 

 and an enormous white dog of sinister 

 appearance, I gave it up, and, as the beaters 

 were still out of earshot, I went back to H. 

 and Kolllo, which latter posted me in a 

 glade, not very open, on the other flank of 

 H.'s position. The beat was long, and 

 appeared somewhat straggllngly performed. 

 First a spaniel came to me, but I stoned 



