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size to the domestic hog. This evidently arises from the means 

 of its subsistence being more precarious, less abundant, and less 

 nutritious than the means of support brought within the reach of 

 the domesticated species. The color is a dark brindled grey, and 

 sometimes blackish. Between the bristles, next the skin, is a finer, 

 or softer hair, of a kind of woolly or curling nature. The snout is 

 domewhat longer than that of the domestic animal. The principal 

 difference lies in the superior length and size of the tusks, which 

 are often several inches long, and capable of inflicting the most 

 severe and fatal wounds. 



The hunting of the Wild Boar is at present one of the 

 amusements of the great in Germany, Poland, and France. It is 

 a chase not only of difficulty but danger ; not on account of the 

 swiftness, but the ferocity of the animal. 



The Wild Boar was formerly a native of the British Isles. 

 William the Conqueror punished with the loss of their eyes those 

 who killed the Wild Boar. There is reason to believe that Epping 



The Sow. 



Forest, in remote ages, was the retreat of wild boars, as well aa 

 stags and fallow deer. 



As the common, or domestic hog, is so well known, a 



