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Rh six or seven of them, wounding all the rest with the exception of ten." In India, boar-hunting is a favourite and exciting amusement among the European residents. The hunters are always mounted on horseback, and are armed with javelins which they throw at the animal as he runs away, or rushes to the charge; his assaults are frequently so furious that the horses will not stand the shock, or if they do, are thrown down and severely gored. Mr. Johnson has related an instance in which a large and resolute Boar, having been driven by the hunters into a plain, stood at bay, challenging the whole party: he—charged every horse that advanced within fifty yards of him, with great ferocity, causing them to rear and plunge, and throw their riders, whose lives were in jeopardy. Though many of the horses were accustomed to the sport, none would sustain the animal's impetuous charges, nor bring their riders within javelin distance, and at length he fairly drove the whole party off the field; then, gnashing his teeth, and foaming, he made his way to the jungle where it was useless to attempt to pursue him further.

The food of the Hog, as is well known, consists of acorns, beech-mast, grain, and succulent vegetables; as well as of various fleshy and farinaceous roots, worms, and larvæ, which he ploughs up with his snout: he will hardly refuse any animal or vegetable garbage that falls in his way. In a state of freedom he feeds chiefly by night, retiring by day to his lair, which is remarkably clean and warm, formed in some cave, or beneath the gnarled roots of a tree, and well supplied with dry leaves.