r 4 6 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



becomes quite tired, and refufes to go any farther : The 

 Dogs then attempt to clofe in upon him from behind; 

 and in this attack the young ones, being generally the 

 moft forward, frequently lofe their lives : The old fea- 

 foned Dogs keep the animal at bay until the hunters 

 come up, who kill him with their fpears. 



The Common BOAR 



is, of all other domeftic quadrupeds, the moft filthy and 

 impure. Its form is clumfy and difgufting, and its ap- 

 petite gluttonous and exceflive. — In no inftance has Na- 

 ture more confpicuoufly fhewn her ceconomy than in this 

 race of animals, whofe ftomachs are fitted to receive nu- 

 triment from a variety of things that would otherwife be 

 wafted : The refufe of the field, the garden, the barn, 

 or the kitchen, affords them a luxurious repaft. 



Ufelefs during life, and only valuable when deprived 

 of it, this animal has fometimes been conpared to a mi- 

 fer, whofe hoarded treafures are of little value till death 

 has deprived them of their rapacious owner. 



