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both shoulders ; if it be thrown with the force 

 requisite, it must form a greater angle. It may 

 easily be done, when a hog is lying on his side. 

 Nearly the same objections as the foregoing may 

 be made to aiming at the side or head, that is, 

 of meeting with bone ; but it must be acknow- 

 ledged, that sportsmen are sometimes glad to hit 

 any where to bring him to bay. Whenever deli- 

 berate aim can be taken, according to my judg- 

 ment, the loins is the best part to aim at. 



When hunting with a party, I disapprove of 

 jabbing the spear into a hog, (that is, spearing 

 a hog, and not quitting your hold of the spear;) 

 it is attended with considerable danger of dislo- 

 cating the shoulder, and prevents all the rest of 

 the party from participating in the sport; the 

 horse and rider are more liable to be ripped, and 

 it requires no dexterity, comparatively with 

 throwing the spear, though more resolution and 

 strength of arm ; and it is not considered a fair 

 method of sporting. When alone, it is fair to 

 jab, and the only means by which you have much 

 chance of killing hogs; for if you throw your 

 spear, it may miss, and if it should hit, it may be 

 carried off into cover, and broken, or lost, which 



