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last chance, threw the spear, and, of course, missed 

 his aim. Presently, not hearing the tramp of the 

 horse at his heels, the hog slackened his pace, 

 then stopped, turned round, and sat down on his 

 hind quarters ; after which, advancing, he charged 

 down on the horse, cut him, and made off. After 

 a short flight he again turned round, and seeing 

 the horse still floundering, he charged down a 

 second time, and ripped him right open. The poor 

 animal died on the spot. Had the officer retained 

 his spear (which under no circumstances should 

 be thrown or parted with) he would have killed 

 the hog instead of losing his horse. 



Major-General Sir Thomas Seaton. 



A Kangaroo Hunt <:> ^^ <s> 



ON our return to Melbourne, we went out 

 one day with the "Melbourne Hunt," after 

 Kangaroo, but were unfortunate. The morning 

 was bad for the scent, and it was not until late 

 in the afternoon, and when we were on the point 

 of returning home, that a Kangaroo was accidentally 

 put up. As this occurred at some distance from 

 the dogs, his huge bounds took him some way 

 before they could be laid upon his track. It was 

 a pretty sight, however. There were some splendid 

 horses in the field, and some good riders ; and, 

 indeed, both had need to be of the best, for the 

 timber is stiff to a degree undreamt of in England. 

 Even an elephant would have some difficulty in 

 breaking the thick, solid, "ironwood" bars of the 

 high fences ; so that, among the best riders and 

 horses, there were some ugly falls. Some of the 

 coverts were of such dense scrub, that when riding 

 through them, all that was visible of persons close 



