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of hunting them, and we had no spears with us. 

 The next morning we all sallied forth in search 

 of him, and just as we arrived at the spot where 

 we saw him the day before, we discovered him at 

 some distance, trotting off towards a grass jungle, 

 on the banks of the river: we pressed on our 

 horses as fast as possible, and were nearly up 

 with him, when he disappeared all at once; our 

 horses were then nearly at their full speed, and 

 four of them could not be pulled up in time to 

 prevent their going into a deep branch of the 

 river, the banks of which were at least fourteen 

 or fifteen feet high : luckily for us, there was no 

 water in it, or any thing but fine sand, and no 

 person was hurt; one of the horses, which was 

 very vicious, got loose, attacked the others, and 

 obliged all the gentlemen to quit them, and walk 

 to their tents, where one of the horses had arrived 

 before them, and the rest were soon caught. A 

 few days after this, we went again early in the 

 morning in pursuit of the same hog, and found 

 him farther off from the grass jungle, in a rhur 

 field, from which, with much difficulty, we drove 

 him into a plain, where he stood at bay, chal- 

 lenging the whole party, boldly charging eveiy 

 horse that came within fifty yu-ds of him, 

 grunting loudly as he advanced. I was then a 



