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themfelves, without any fettled habitation : 

 and as their owners are at no expence either 

 in feeding, or attending them, they are con- 

 tent with the precarious profit of fuch, as 

 they are able to reclaim. 



Charles I, I have heard, was at the ex- 

 pence of procuring the wild boar and his 

 mate from the forefts of Germany, which 

 once certainly inhabited the forefts of England. 

 I have heard too that they propagated greatly 

 in New-foreft. Certain it is, there is found 

 in it, at this day, a breed of hogs, commonly 

 Q2X\e.A for ejl -pigs, which are very different from 

 the ufual HampOiire breed ; and have about 

 them feveral of the charaderiftic marks of 

 the wild boar. The foreft hog has broad 

 fhoulders ; a high crefl ; and thick, briftly 

 mane, which he eredls on any alarm. His 

 hinder parts are light, and thin. His ears 

 are {hort, and eredt ; and his colour either 

 black, or darkly brindled. He is much 

 fiercer, than the common breed ; and will 

 turn againfi: an ordinary dog. All thefe 

 are marks of the wild boar, from whom, 

 probably, in part he derives his pedigree, 

 tho his blood may be contaminated with 



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