_Burke's "mighty Boar of the Forest."_--It has been much canvassed, what
induced Burke to call Junius the "mighty boar of the forest." In the
thirteenth book of the _Iliad_ I found that Idomeneus, when awaiting the
attack of Æneas, is compared to the "boar of the mountains." I think it
therefore probable that Burke applied the comparison (quoting, from
memory) to Junius. Perhaps you will not think this trifle unworthy of a
place among the "Notes."