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the difficult and boggy nullah along which the 

 cover winds, at last coming out with us in close 

 pursuit near our original post, and he just suc- 

 ceeded in getting into some thick bushes in time. 

 We put " Stumps " (a terrier) in to turn him out, 

 which the plucky little dog did so effectually that 

 the boar broke out with a rush, straight at one 

 of our party, who found his horse badly ripped 

 behind, before he had time to put down his spear, 

 the boar again retiring into some bush-cover close 

 by. " Stumps " not being successful in dislodging 

 him from this second retreat, another of our party 

 with a shot-gun mounted on a camel (we had no 

 elephants) came up. The camel advanced bravely; 

 " where ignorance is bliss," etc., but the boar, 

 charging straight at its legs, completely routed 

 the whole arrangement, knocked over and ripped 

 the camel (in what in a horse would be termed 

 the stifle-joint), which broke its leg in falling, 

 and had to be destroyed, and then made away 

 across some dhal-fields, getting some quarter-of-a- 

 mile start unperceived. whilst we were wofully 

 contemplating the success of his last attack. On 

 our coming up, he charged at once, and was 

 speared twice, the second time carrying the spear 

 with him into another piece of bush-cover. 

 Making sure he could not escape, we dismounted, 

 and beat through the cover, but he had slipped 



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