CHAP. XVIII. 



HOG HUNTING MANCEUVRES OF HOGS ADVICE 

 TO HUNTERS. 



IT is difficult to imagine or express the anxiety 

 a keen sportsman feels when sitting on his horse 

 near a sugar cane, hearing the beaters call- 

 ing out " Burr ah Suer" (a large boar,) and 

 perhaps at the same instant, hearing his grunt, 

 and the crashing of the cane as he dashes on 

 before them through it, expecting every moment 

 to see him come out. I have often been thus 

 situated, and have trembled all over as if I were 

 in a cold fit of an ague, which did not arise from 

 fear, but from extreme anxiety, which went off 

 the moment the hog made his appearance. 



When a hog has proceeded to what is con- 

 sidered a sufficient distance from a cane, the 

 nearest hunter should follow him at a good rate, 

 and when he is off about a quarter of a mile, he 

 should put his horse out at full speed, pressing 

 him as much as possible, observing minutely his 

 motions. If he slackens his pace suddenly, and 

 at the same time flaps his ears to and fro, or is 



