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THE STORY OF THE WILD BOAR. 
irritated. The young has the body marked with stripes of a reddish color 
running lengthwise. 
The lower tusks of the male wild boar, which project about three inches 
from the jaw, and are kept with edges as sharp as razors by wear against 
those of the upper jaw, are most formidable weapons, capable of ripping open 
a horse at a single stroke. Both the European and the Indian species -are 
among the boldest and fiercest of all animals, charging men, horses, or ele¬ 
phants time after time without a moment’s hesitation, and in spite of the 
most desperate wounds. Indeed, the injuries that a wild boar will sustain 
EAST AFRICAN WILD HOG. 
without loss of life are perfectly marvelous. I once killed an old boar, in the 
skull of which the broken extremity of the tusk of another boar was firmly 
embedded, with its point penetrating into the brain-cavity a short distance 
behind the left eye. 
Although the speed of a wild pig is considerable, yet it cannot be main¬ 
tained for any long distance, and accordingly, either a boar or a sow may 
be easily overtaken by a well-mounted horseman after a comparatively short 
