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Collins with the bull-dogs, as we could 

 ill afford to have even one of our re- 

 duced pack disabled, which was to be 

 apprehended should the boar face his 

 pursuers. 



Monsieur Le Fevre, the garde du corps, 

 had a short spear with him, and Mon- 

 sieur de St. H had a couteau de chasse, 



but I was not certain whether their cool- 

 ness would be sufficiently under com- 

 mand when called into action at the 

 critical moment. As good luck would 

 have it, the four " B's," Blucher, Belcher, 

 Boxer, and Boatswain, our great and 

 powerful allies, were at the heels of the 

 pack, and as eager for the fray as any 

 of us. 



^' He's going ! he's going!" cried my 

 friend Captain P ; "by Jove ! he stag- 

 gers," he exclaimed. " Yoicks ! we shall 

 have him. Forward, my boys !" and away 

 we went. The pace had been too severe 



