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found them to be a double-barrelled gun, a flask of 

 powder (nearly full), plenty of copper caps, a few 

 charges of shot, only two balls, a knife, a flint and 

 steel, a piece of hard, dried tongue, a small flask of 

 spirits and water, and a good bundle of cigars. He 

 could not expect relief ; a sally was out of the question ; 

 so he made himself as comfortable as he could. Hour 

 after hour passed, the pigs never stirred, except when 

 one or two returned to look at their dead comrade, as 

 if to sharpen their revenge. At length the imprisoned 

 hunter thought of firing off some powder every few 

 minutes, shouting at the same time. One barrel of his 

 gun was still loaded with shot, and he aimed at an old 

 boar, who, on returning from his deceased friend, had 

 looked up at him and grunted. The whole charge, at a 

 distance of about twenty feet, went into the boar's face, 

 who then turned round and ran away, makiug a horrible 

 noise. The rest of the party charged altogether up to 

 the foot of the tree, but the outcry of the old boar drew 

 them away ; and the whole herd went after him, mak- 

 ing such a noise as never before had saluted Mr. Byam's 

 ears. He remained in the tree a short time, and when 

 all was quiet, he slipped down, and ran away as fast as 

 he could, in a contrary direction. 



Hogs are not equally prized by all nations. The 

 detestation in which they were held by the Egyptians 

 was continued by the Israelites, not only from living 

 with those people, but because they were unclean 

 animals. They are still viewed in that light by 

 Brahmins and Mussulmans, who only rear them to sell 

 to Christians, or to make scavengers of them ; for, in 

 a, domestic state, they are omnivorous. The dislike of 

 the latter to them was once very serviceable to ine ; for 



