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on the ground by a rapid stroke from the boar's tusks, and if he 

 ^should hang back he would be just as hkely to be struck by the in- 

 furiated beast. The limbs are long and exceedingly powerful, and 

 the head possesses the square muzzle of the mastiff, together with 

 the sharp and somewhat pert air of the terrier. It is a very large 

 animal, measuring thirty inches to the shoulder. Wild boar hunt- 

 ing, next to lion and tiger shooting, is a dangerous sport, and the 

 most destructive to hounds that the travelled sportsman will en- 

 counter. The boar is a most fierce and savage animal, and when 

 irritated or disturbed by hounds will rush at any man or animal 

 and attack them with his tusks. In fapt, a boar has been known 

 to turn with such terrific effect upon a pack containing fifty dogs, 

 that only ten escaped scatheless, and six or seven were ripped up 

 and killed on the spot. The speed of this beast is no less re- 

 markable, as when fully aroused he puts the mettle of the swiftest 

 and staunchest horse fairly to the test. Even on ground where the 

 horse would have the advantage, he frequently gets away from the 

 sportsman to regain his haunt, which is usually in a cane-brake. 

 Another cross or breed of the boar-hound which would suit our 

 southern friends (as thoroughbred mastiffs and terriers are a 

 rarity), may be derived from the mingling of the Southern hound 

 and grey-hound, which would answer every purpose for wild pig- 

 shooting in Texas and Louisiana. 



TERRIERS. 



The Terrier, although not used to any great extent in the field 

 as a sporting dog, is death on vermin, and being very intelligent, 

 apt at learning, delicate of nose, and quick of eye and scent, will 

 be found the best dog for raccoon hunting. There are several va- 

 rieties of the Terrier — the English, the Bull, the Fox, the Scotch, 

 the Skye, and the Dandle Dinmont, so called, in honor of the char- 

 acter of that name in Walter Scott's " Guy Mannering." The 

 English terrier possesses a smooth coat, a tapering muzzle, eye 

 small and bright, and has a habitual custom of digging the ground 

 with his fore feet and dragging away the stones and other substan- 

 ces in his mouth. The Scotch terrier is a quaint-looking animal 

 broken or wire-haired, always ready for work or play, good to hunt 



