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Those who hunted them burned down the ‘ Bourdi ’ shrubs, in which the pigs lived, 
killed nearly all, only a few specimens escaping; these, or their offspring, are 
still living round the Lake Gar, at the extremity of the Wadi.” 
Dr. J. C. Mitchell writes from Damietta, February 20, 1897:—“ I have made 
enquiries about the occurrence of Wild Pig in this neighbourhood, and I have 
no doubt that they exist. A few years age, I am told, natives used to shoot them 
and bring them into Damietta, slung across a donkey’s back. They were obtained 
from the waste marshy ground to the W. of Farascon, not many miles from this 
place. 
“ In 1892, on the estate of Bessendila, a man having fired a shot at one, missed or 
only wounded it. It charged him and ripped open his abdomen. This incident I 
have on good authority from a person who saw the man’s body. I also heard of 
it in Cairo. Between Bessendila and Lake Burlos it is said that many are to be 
found. I shall make an excursion there soon and find out. A son of Prince 
Hussein Pasha, who is a sportsman, tells me that with a large party of beaters 
he traversed all the marshes between Bosetta and Damietta, and never saw a 
trace of pig. Still there is the 1892 incident.”—W. E. de W. 
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