Bosch Vark

the bush = or bush pig of South Africa, one of the swine family, about 5 feet long, and with very large and strong tusks. The Kaffirs esteem its flesh as a luxury. and its tusks, arranged on a piece of string and tied around the neck, are considered great ornaments, Boscobel, a locality in Shropshire, England, remarkable historically as the hiding place of Charles II. for some days after the battle of Worcester, Sept. 3, 1651. At one time he was compelled to conceal himself among the branches of an oak in Boscobel Wood, where, it is related, that he could actually see the men who were in pursuit of him and hear their voices. The royal oak, which now stands at Boscobel, is said to have grown from an acorn of this very tree.