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the horn of this animal is reputed to be an effectual antidote to 

 poison. I have one of the largest and most beautiful I ever met 

 with, being thirteen inches in circumference, though not turned 

 from the thickest part of the horn. There can be little doubt of 

 the rhinoceros being the unicorn of scripture; the questions in the 

 book of Job perfectly correspond with his habits. " Will the 

 unicorn be willing to serve thee, will he abide by thy crib? canst 

 thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow, or will he har- 

 row the valleys after thee? wilt thou trust him because his strength 

 is great, or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? wilt thou believe 

 him that he will bring home thy seeds, and gather it into thy 

 barn?" 



Next to the rhinoceros and buffalo, the wild boar is perhaps 

 one of the most ferocious animals in India; and not only fierce, 

 but so swift, that few of the savage tribes afford more variety of 

 diversion to sportsmen. Their chief abode is in the jungles and 

 forests; but when the grain is nearly ripe they do great mischief 

 in the corn-fields, especially in sugar plantations, as they are ex- 

 tremely fond of the sugar-cane. The sows have very large litters 

 of pigs, which are soon able to shift for themselves. There is a 

 great variety in the form and colour of the wild hogs: the former 

 varies according to the season. When the sugar-cane is full of juice, 

 and the corn ripe, the hog is large and heavy; during a scarcity 

 of food, he becomes meagre, light, and grim. When hunted in 

 the proper season, we frequently had a young boar barbacued, or 

 roasted with spices and madeira wine, in a sylvan style of cookery, 

 which afforded a sumptuous feast. The largest boars are from 

 three to four feet high at the shoulder; their tusks are five or six 



