AN AMPHIBIOUS BOAR. 127 



The boar no sooner saw him then he pushed forward, 

 and as soon as he got on terra firma down he came. 

 There was a collision, the spear struck high on the pig's 

 head, but this was enough, the small puncture it made 

 proved fatal, for though he ran for a short distance and 

 Ferguson gave him another spear, the first one was that 

 which laid him low. This was a very good boar, with 

 a fair head and stood 33". Peace be to his manes ! 



Of the many pigs I saw killed this one was certain- 

 ly the most amphibious. Though the whole country 

 where we were hunting was more or less under water, 

 there was a high ridge where this boar could have 

 easily have got away by while we were waiting for the 

 spears and horses ; but he preferred to go and lie down 

 in the water. The riding, if it can be called so, was 

 simply awful, for not only did the horses sink deep in 

 the soft mud, but the going was more or less in water ; 

 nevertheless, it was a very satisfactory winding up to our 

 morning's snipe-shooting. 



