CHAP. XVII, 



BEATING CANES FOR HOGS. 



WHEN it is determined what canes are to be 

 beaten, a number of people should be collected 

 agreeably to the size of the canes, with a pro- 

 portionable number carrying noisy instruments. 

 It is desirable to have more than a sufficient 

 number of people to form a line across the cane, 

 allowing two or three yards between each person ; 

 for they never keep at a regular distance from 

 each other as they go through them ; and if they 

 are separated, when they see or hear a large boar, 

 they run towards one another and collect into 

 groups, leaving intervals which the hogs see. and 

 pass through, after which it is difficult to make 

 them quit the cane, for they become bold and 

 charge through the line of people, and often rip 

 them severely. 



Captain Williamson observes that a cane Ire- 



