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to the authors—that is, a boar chargine deliberately, and of its 
own initiative, upon human beings; and we do not believe in the 
possibility of such an event. Of course should a boar (or any 
other savage animal) be disabled, or in a corner, that is a different 
a wild-boar will fight, and right gallantly too. 
The nearest approach to a “charge” (though it wasn’t one 
really) occurred at the Rincon de los Carrizos. Towards the end 
of the beat the dogs ran a pig, and, seeing it was a big one, the 
writer followed, and after a spin of 300 yards overtook the 
boar at bay in a deep water-hole. The place was all overhung 
with heavy foliage 
and thick pines 
above, giving very 
poor heht. Though 
the boar’s snout 
pointed straight 
towards me about 
ten yards away, | 
imagined (wrongly) g aN) 
that his body stood a if 8 f F 
at an angle—about = itt 
one-third broadside: i Pe —- 
hence the bullet | iain i 
(aimed past the ear), nu ie 
splashed harmlessly 
in the water, and 
next moment the pig was coming straight as a die, apparently 
meaning mischief. When within five yards, however, he 
jinked sharply to right, passing full broadside, when I killed 
him d-boca-jarro, as the phrase runs, “at the mouth of the 
spout.” 
That idea of “charging at large” is so splendidly romantic, 
and fits in so appropriately with preconceived ideas, that we 
almost regret to disturb its semi-fossilised acceptance. But, in 
mere fact, “neither boars nor any other wild beasts “charge” at 
sight—always and only excepting elephant and rhinoceros, either 
of which may (or may not) do so, though previously unprovoked. 
It would, at least, be unwise entirely to ignore the contingency 
of either of these two so acting. 
There exist, nevertheless, old and evil-ter npered boars that 
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