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whatever high vegetation or jungle it may be 

 necessary to ride through, forcing the point of the 

 spear against the horse's side ; and if it is not suf- 

 ficiently long to pass free from his thigh and hip, 

 he will most probably be wounded. 



It is necessary to have the metal of a good 

 temperature, and the outer edges of the spear 

 well sharpened ; the point also sharp, but not too 

 fine and taper. English spears are generally too 

 brittle, and when they are thrown against any 

 hard substance, as bone, &c., often break at the 

 point. It is a good plan for each person to fasten 

 a bit of coloured riband, or cloth, to the ring of 

 his spear, to distinguish it; it being considered 

 unfair to take up and use another person's spear. 

 When hunting for a pool, which is gained by the 

 person who first spears the largest hog in the 

 course of the day, it is particularly necessary to 

 have some distinguishing mark on them. 



The best kind of spear for hunting in company 

 with others is represented in Plate I. fig. 2. It is 

 light to carry, and, if well thrown, will cause a 

 wound sufficiently large to destroy any hog, and 

 it is easily extricated from the animal, which is a 



