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charge, but before it could reach our hero it was lying on the 

 ground ; for, recognizing the great danger that the man was in, 

 I gave the powerful beast a ball which rolled it over stone dead 

 just at the moment when it was trying to rip up Achmed's 

 trousers. The pig and the Egyptian were now peacefully 

 stretched beside each other, the latter green with fear and 

 trembling in every limb, nor was he able to speak for some 

 minutes. The Bedouins soon appeared upon the scene, their 

 eyes sparkling with delight. 



The Wild Boar of this region is quite unlike the much 

 smaller and more slightly built pitch-black variety of Northern 

 Africa, and very much resembles that of our own country, 

 especially the large race inhabiting the Hungarian forests. 



The animal having been artistically gralloched by my jager, 

 was laid on the sticks which the Arabs had tied together, and 

 the heavy burden was borne off to the camp by four men. 



During the long tramp which we had now to make, Cho- 

 rinsky missed among the bushes one of the small yellow Desert 

 Hares which we had met with in Africa. This walk across 

 the steppe in the burning heat was not over-pleasant, and by 

 the time that the sun had sunk in orange vapours behind the 

 border mountains we had only reached the woods and bushes, 

 and there still remained another hour of it to do. Quails flew 

 up at every step, but we were too tired to shoot, and thought 

 of nothing but getting to the camp. A merry prattling little 

 brook of fairly clear water afforded us temporary refreshment, 

 and then on we went, yet not before it had got quite dark 

 did we come to some fires which were gleaming among 

 the bushes. This was the camp of our Bedouins, whose tall 

 figures, clad in long white burnouses, had a ghostly look in 

 the dull glow of the dying embers. Their lances were ranged 

 upright, and their hoarse gutturals and melancholy songs 

 resounded through the night, while their horses were roll- 

 ing on the ground and their dogs ran out at us barking. 



