THE WILD BOAR. 



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England so early as has been supposed — that is, 

 previously to Charles I.'s attempt to reintroduce 

 it into the New Forest. 



Of the few English writers who have described the 

 hunting of the Wild Boar as formerly practised in 

 England, George Turbervile, a gentleman of Dorset- 



TRACKING A WILD BOAR. SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 



shire, has furnished the best account in his " Booke 

 of Hunting," published in i57S) a second edition of 

 which appeared in 161 1. In this work, which is 

 now very rare, and of which we possess an im- 

 perfect copy, a long account is given of the "Wyld 

 Bore" and its ways. " Although it ought not," he 



