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 CENTUBY. 



shire, has furnished the best account in his " Booke 

 of Hunting," published in 1 575, 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 



