HO G- HUNTING 1 5 3 



horse falter and stop that I realised he had 

 been cut. In a moment I was off, and I saw 

 that he was bleedino- from a lono- cut rioht 

 across the oaskin, and that the near hind lee 

 was hanoino- useless. In that Instant the boar 

 had severed the tendons and muscles, and the 

 horse had to be shot. 



The second case was one of more personal 

 danoer. A friend of mine — who has lono^ 

 since joined the majority^ — and I were after 

 a boar. Each of us had speared him, but 

 he had shown no tioht so far. At last he laid 

 up in a patch of thick, thorny jungle, and 

 refused to come out. Stones and clods of 

 earth pitched In, had no effect except to draw 

 a surly " Oof-oof" from him. Then we made 

 up our minds to go In on foot, since It was 

 evident he did not mean to come out. There 

 was a small track leading to the place where 

 he was hiding. Not without some tremors did 

 we push our way in. Suddenly he charged 

 right down the path, knocking us both head 

 over heels. My friend had on a pair of brown 

 leather polo boots. These were slit with a 

 clean cut right down the side. The pig, 

 luckily however, had no stomach for the fight 

 and went on, belnix killed in due course. 



Sounders of pig often travel long distances 

 to their feeding ground. They are especially 



