Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-01
STRANGE WILD PIGS
BROUGHT TO CoRBIN PARK FROM THE BLACK FOREST.
Have Increased Nightly in Spite of Fact That Many Have Been Shot
 Observing the Animals
 L in Action,

The original thirteen little wild pigs which were brought fiom he Black Forest, Germany, and liberated in Cor bin Park. some l5 years tgo, have done their best to prove, Int tneir number was not an unlucky one. They have increased un.il their name is le- zion, in spite of the fact that, from first to last, hundreds of wild boar have been shot.
 To see the animals in action at this season, perhaps there is no better place to visit than a clump of beech trees. and no better time than imme- diately after sundown. Then the boar begin to move about in search of f ,od. and if there are beech nuts to be had. they will surely have them. One eve ming last October, was coming down 6 mountain trail shortly after sunset. On both sides there were spruc 6, but on one side, to my left, the ever greens extended but short distance. giving way to deciduois trees. among which were many beeches. Sud en.y l heard loud rustlin ,-unm.s akaoiy the sound of animals running over dry leaves. anu thou. ht that must have disturbed a herd of wild boar, and that they were beating hasty retr at through the woods. quickly p shed my way through the fringe of spraces, In order to get glimpse of them be- fore they had quite disappeared, but to my surprise I saw the wild pigs com- ing toward me; they were just enter ing this part of the woods, not running away from 1t, as I had supposed. I drew back close to the spruces, to ses what would happen. At once. all the boar. big and little, began an active search for beechnuts, roofing under the fallen leaves with their shouts. many of them gruntlng inces ;antly, as though this were qu.te necess " to success. There may have been do-- en altogether. but s,on found myself giving special attention to four-a large SOW and her three pigs. These were all coming stra sht in my direc- ton, but the wind was blowing from them to me. and they were far too busy to raise their heads to see me. On they came, keeping pretty close to- gether, but the little fe lows usually somewhat in advance of their mother. waited until they cams within ten yards, and then I rais,d one hand and took firm hold of the spruce branch; old sovs have a rather na ty habit of charging If they think their young ones are in danger, and wish ed to be prepared to cl.m1 in se the biz mother pig before me should get 1t Into her head that I WIS thirst ing for the blood of her infants. But nothIng happenei, ecpt that the auartet continued 10 advance. hard at work eating beechnuts and quite un- aware of my presence. Every now and then the mother would grunt and often the little ones would respond 5y eruntinr back at her. So b1sy were they, that ose little fellow came up within ten feet of me be'o he even suspected that thee vas nyth ns vronr. Thea he rais-d his hez', and sau ne stansIng tse e Al any rate. se sav something vhich did not To k mite risht, an3 for seserzl sec nds hs tzs s.ared and stl-st. prss nzby fryfns to nsks sp his mind V ther stsf ke ar vss czrfe os or n5t Had moved . muse .. ke v11ld have rr for his ear He. b1t 1 eid not re, vfnk- s,t sf las, he dropp his uozt to the grozs1 sri continuet lis pnrck f1r besca.ztA apDareztiy . L. nosf fkak vbaf<vsr vzA b>1oaGsd r1Enx fDuA In c Dun<ina h1B