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the middle of his food ; and though at last he may 

 only knock it about without eating more, he will not 

 let another have a mouthful. He has no respect for 

 age or sex. His ovm progeny, his wife or mistress, are 

 the same to him. They have no business where he is, 

 and he will not tolerate them in his immediate neigh- 

 bourhood. If very obstinate, he soon gives them to 

 understand he will bear their imjDortunities no longer ; 

 and should they not be warned by an angry grunt, he 

 runs after them, and with a few well-applied blows with 

 his tusks sends them yelling away. 



The mid boar is to be found in all climates ; but these 

 animals, nevertheless, like warmth, and in winter are 

 glad to resort to the sunny side of the hill, or a sheltered 

 valley. Marshy spots are their favourite resort, and in 

 the reedy coverts of the delta of the Nile and the jungles 

 of India they herd in great numbers. 



In Grermany, where the forests were so extensive, and 

 the love of the chase so characteristic of its princes, 

 game was abundant in all parts of the country. From 

 the " Grame Book " kept by Duke William IV., anno 

 Domini 1545, still preserved in the archives of Upper 

 Bavaria*, we learn that eighty-four wild boars were 

 killed between Easter and the last day of the carnival. 

 (Yon Ostern an, biss auf den leczten Faschanng tag.) 



*■ Communicated by Professor Yon Kobell. 



