958 Lifects of Reversion to the Wild State [ December, 
_ vertical walls in a few places had been partially broken down, so 
that bunches of grass had taken root on the shelves or steps 
formed in the disintegrated lava, and the goats were clambering 
about, leaping from shelf to shelf, seeking food. Towards even- 
ing they descended to the floor of the crater and-disappeared in 
its eastern arm, With the naked eye they could not be identified, 
although one band was directly beneath me, but a good field 
glass revealed them very plainly. A large majority were snow 
white, some were parti-colored, and one appeared to be black. 
Their natural capacity for climbing has no doubt been improved 
by their reversion to the wild state. They are very wild and cau- 
tious, and difficult of approach by the hunter, They, too, are 
hunted for their skins. 
The most marked and rapid change is produced in the hog by 
his emancipation from the restraints of domestication and the 
care of man. Ina single generation he changes in form, color 
and habit from the staid and quiet porker to the fleet and fierce 
wild boar. The latter is the character as described to me by all 
who had been interested to make observations on the subject, of 
the numerous wild hogs now roaming in those islands. Col. Chas. 
Judd assured me that many years before a lot of hogs escaped 
from his ranch on the easterly side of Ouahu and went into os 
mountain which bordered the ranch, Among them was an an 
ported boar. Before he could find them they had become So wild 
that he could not reclaim them from their mountain fastnesses- 
He got sight of this boar many times during several succeeding 
years. He was so marked that he could readily identify him. 
The change in form and habit were almost immediate. He soon 
became wild and almost as fleet as a deer. His body became 
thin, his back arched and his legs appeared to be much longer 
than when he escaped. Much slower was the change of coer : 
but this finally occurred to a very appreciable extent, SO that cf 
a few years he had distinctly assumed the dark sandy shade . 
the wild boar. He wisely forbore to shoot him that he id o 
study the developments which he saw going on. In the thir ane se 
fourth generation the pigs showed very distinctly the sandy sha ay 
and stripes observed on the side of the young of the wild ae S 
From these and similar observations, I should infer that it yal = 
_ not take very many generations, with proper care, to completely ae 
_ domesticate the wild boar. | : 
