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  • The most numerous, or at least the most often seen, as it lies about our enclosures, is the common thorn-hog.

    After London Or, Wild England Richard Jefferies 1867

  • Although the first, or thorn-hog, does the most damage to the agriculturist because of its numbers, and its habit of haunting the neighbourhood of enclosures, the others are equally injurious if they chance to enter the cultivated fields.

    After London Or, Wild England Richard Jefferies 1867

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