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seeing the boar was dead, dismounted to inspect it. It 

 was the largest he had seen, and, pulling out his tape, he 

 bent down to measure it. The next instant he sprang up 

 with a cry and stood gazing at the carcass with horror- 

 stricken eyes. Then, bending down again, he examined it 

 more closely, only to find his fears confirmed. For there, 

 close where the spear had entered, was the other wound, 

 healed over and scarce visible, yet too obviously the one 

 inflicted by the arrow he had extracted. 



The beast his friend had slain was, alas ! no ordinary 

 wild boar, but Jungli, whom he had lost and searched 

 for in vain. All that had been unintelligible was now as 

 clear as day. The two animals had recognized each other, 

 and neither had been willing to advance to the injury of the 



other. From that day now some twenty years ago H 



had not only given up pig- sticking entirely, but, lest he 

 should be reminded of the incident, had destroyed all his 

 heads and given away his spears. 



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