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It was soon followed by another, which bounded like a hare 

 through the long grass in front of the beaters, and was 

 knocked over with one ball by the Grand Duke. It proved 

 to be a middling-sized sow, and having dragged it out of the 

 watercourse we sent it off to the camp on a donkey. On 

 continuing the beat several wild boar escaped us either by 

 breaking back through the beaters among the thick under- 

 growth or by bolting off too far ahead. One, too, was missed 

 by the Grand Duke in the middle of the stream. 



Before long the dogs again gave tongue, and a very large 

 boar, with long gleaming white tusks, came climbing up the 

 slope between me and the beaters with a great deal of noise 

 and bustle. He tried to get away to the steppe, but a lucky 

 shot behind the shoulder brought him down, and highly 

 delighted I despatched my splendid spoil to the camp. 



We now began shooting again at the small game, here very 

 abundant, and killed Chukar and Key's Partridges, Purple 

 and Night-Herons, as well as Quails and Snipe. We also 

 fired some long ineffectual shots at Eagles ; but as the mid- 

 day heat began to be very trying, we resolved to leave off 

 shooting for awhile. 



On going down to the stream I found in the muddy places 

 tracks of Hyaenas, Wolves, Lynxes, and smaller Cats. Accord- 

 ing to the Bedouins, the canine animals only come at night 

 from the mountains to drink, but the feline species live in the 

 thickets and hollow trees, and can never be driven out of 

 their hiding-places even by dogs. The traces of Porcupines 

 were also frequently met with, and the dogs once hunted up 

 to an earth outside of which we found the fresh tracks and 

 some quills of this singular creature. We therefore resolved 

 to dig him out of his dwelling, and sent my jager back to the 

 camp on a fast horse with instructions to bring the dachs- 

 hunds and some shovels. 



Meanwhile we lay down under a tree, drinking lemonade, 



