CHAP. XV. 



USE OF THE SPEAR. BEST HORSES FOR THE SPORT ; 



AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THEM WHEN HUNT- 

 ING. SADDLES, &C. PRECAUTION TO HUNTERS. 



HAVING, as well as I am able, described the best 

 kind of spears to be used, I will now endeavour 

 to point out how they should be used. 



All who wish to become hog hunters, should 

 first practice throwing a spear, on foot, which 

 requires some dexterity to do well. They should 

 first balance the spear, laying hold of it loosely, at 

 the part where it balances, with the fingers and 

 thumb, (as represented in Plate III. fig. 2.) carry- 

 ing it back as far behind the head as possible, 

 and then throwing it in an elevated direction to 

 form nearly the third of a circle by the time it 

 reaches the object thrown at supposing it to be 

 about twenty yards off. When thrown properly, 

 it will pitch on the point of the spear, penetrate 

 the ground, and remain nearly erect. A dexterous 

 spearsman will throw it from twenty to thirty yards 

 and make it always stick in the ground. I have 



