BLUEBERRY

See Huck.eserry. BLUEFISH (see the color-page of Fisars opposite 484), a fish found at different periods the length of the Atlantic coast and along the Gulf of Mexico, and hence in season all the year, Florida supplying the eastern markets during the winter. It takes its name from the blue of its upper skin and the slightly bluish tint of its sweet, delicate flesh. It varies in size from half a pound to ten pounds—being occasionally found as heavy as twenty pounds—and has the reputation of being the most voracious fish of the entire Atlantic seaboard. The very small fish caught during the summer months are known as ‘‘snappers,’’ or ‘‘snapper blues.”’ BLUEGILL, or Blue Sunfish. See Sunrisu. “BOAR’S HEAD,” a title which in culinary parlance was formerly applied only to the head of the wild boar but now includes the head of any pig, domestic or otherwise, when served whole. The European wild boar, which has a shorter body and longer tusks and snout than the domestic hog and bears a thick hairy coat, was in ~=— ~— at - —; lee “ec + 7 7 o -. oat - a ™” 4.;. = | my a | Pei. WAS ae oN Watching wild boars that have come out of the jungle in the evening to get the food spread over the ground for them, Udaipur, India olden times abundant in in gland, and its head (considered a great delicacy) was served with imposing ceremonies. It has been extinct in England for several centuries but it is still hunted in continental Europe, northern Africa, and Asia Minor. The Indian wild boar is a taller animal, plentiful throughout northern India. Its chase on horseback, the riders armed with spears, is a popular sport. It is also one that calls for skill and courage as an infuriated wild boar is a desperate and dangerous fighter.