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awhile gazed upon each , other with mutual aniU 
roosity, the boar again slowly goes on his course* 
and the dogs renew their pursuit. In this man- 
ner the charge is sustained, and the chase con- 
tinues till the boar is quite tired, and refuses to 
go any farther. The dogs then attempt to dose 
in upon him from behind ; those which are young, 
fierce, and unaccustomed to the chase, are gene- 
rally the foremost, and often lose their lives by their 
ardour. Those which are older and better trained, 
are content to wait until the hunters come up, who 
strike at him with their spears, and, after several 
blows, dispatch or disable him. The instant the 
animal is killed, they cut off the testicles, which 
would otherwise give a tainttothe whole flesh ; and 
the huntsmen celebrate the victory with their horns. 
The domestic hog is, generally speaking, a very 
harmless creature, and preys on no animals but 
either dead ones, or such as are incapable of re* 
sistance. He lives mostly on vegetables, yet can 
devour the most putrid carcases. We, however, 
generally conceive him to be much more indelicate 
than he really is. He selects, at least, the plants 
©f his choice, with equal sagacity and niceness, 
and is never poisoned, like some other animals, by 
mistaking noxious for wholesome food. Selfish, 
indocile, and rapacious, as many think him, no 
animal has greater sympathy for those of his own 
kind. The moment one of them gives the signal - 
©f distress, all within hearing rush to its assist- 
ance. They have been known to gather round a 
dog that teased them, and kill him on the spot. 
Inclose a male and female in a sty when j r oung, 
and the female will decline from the instant her 
companion is removed, and will probably die of a 
broken heart. This animal is well adapted to the 
mode of life to which it is destined. Having to 
