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tail and white marks on the hind legs, he was 

 so much disconcerted, that it was the cause of 

 our party being broken up the next morning. 

 I was afterwards informed that this was a trick 

 the inhabitants of these villages had long been 

 in the habit of practising on young civilians, for 

 the sake of the remuneration they received, 

 which was generally ten times the value of the 

 hogs. 



The first time a person is in at the death of a 

 hog, it is customary to initiate him by christening 

 him, not with pure water, nor in the most delicate 

 and courteous manner, but according to the es- 

 tablished custom of hog hunting. I once saw a 

 fine gentleman so much annoyed by it, and by 

 having his horse ripped after the hog appeared 

 dead, that he never after followed the sport, and 

 was always considered by sportsmen to be a Miss 

 Molly. 



I have now concluded my description of Hog 

 Hunting, which may not be fit to bear the eye of 

 criticism yet I hope it will be intelligible and 

 satisfactory to sportsmen, as a true delineation of 

 the most entertaining, noble, and manly of all 

 sports; and the best school for young cavalry 



