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thrown at all in the vicinity of the game, he is 
almost certain to be severely hurt.* 
The speed of the Hog is much greater than 
what might be supposed from the look and form 
of the animal. A trot at first, changed into an 
ambling gallop, will keep some of the swiftest 
steeds of India for a time at a distance ; and it 
is by pressing hard at first, and blowing the game, 
that it is generally come up with. Colonel William- 
son mentions an instance where he, with some 
others, were fairly beat in a distance of three 
miles, the Hog gaining the cover in spite of their 
exertions. A chase sometimes extends to five, 
six, or seven mites. 
The adult Wild Boar is generally of a brownish 
black ; the hair of considerable length about the 
head and mane. They stand from twenty to 
thirty inches high at the shoulder ; and Colonel 
Williamson mentions having seen a huge Boar 
of forty-two inches in height ; while he speaks of 
three feet as a common size, which, being most 
active, also exhibit the best sport. The young are 
of a pale yellowish tint, irregularly brindled witli 
yellowish brown. Colonel Williamson gives the 
characters of the wild Indian breed : “ a broad 
flat forehead ; short pricked ears, rather round at 
their tips, and lying very close to the neck. The 
* See a long account in Colonel Williamson’s Oriental 
Sports. 
