THE WILD BOAR. I6l 
killing wild boars should be punished with the 
of their eyes, and Fitz-Stephen informs 
that, when he wrote, in the time of Henry 
wild boars were among the tenants of the 
''ast forest which then existed to the north of 
k'Ondon. 
This animal inhabits most parts of Europe, 
®Scepting the British isles and the countries 
the north of the Baltic. Wild hogs are 
^aund in Asia, from Syria to the borders of 
kake Baikal ; over nearly the whole continent 
Africa ; and in America, where they are 
^aid to clear the country of rattlesnakes, which 
Ihey devour with impunity. 
The wild boar is, in general, considerably 
*^aialler than the domestic hog, and invariably 
an iron-gray colour, inclining to black, 
snout is somewhat longer in proportion 
*'kan that of the domestic animal ; his ears 
rounder and shorter, and, with his feet 
tail, black ; but he is chiefly distinguished 
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