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reach of my spear. I was determined this time to get my 

 horse's head alongside of him before I made my effort, but, 

 eager fool that I was, instead of letting the spear glide into 

 him I made a poke, and the point not being depressed enough 

 jerked up, and passed harmlessly over the boar's back. I 

 made another vain attempt but the opportunity was lost, he 

 passed into some thick grain, where the ground was heavy, 

 and my horse being blown he gradually got ahead. I viewed 

 him twice afterwards but he was too far off, besides he had 



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got to water, and it is curious how even one roll in the water 

 will refreshen a hog ; the moment before he may appear 

 hardly able to drag his weary limbs along, one splash, and 

 he will become as fresh as ever and go for miles. Whenever 

 a boar finds himself pressed he at once makes for water, and 

 therefore it is necessary to spear him if possible before he 

 attains his object. 



Some of the ground at Ahmed-nugger was very difficult 

 to ride over. To ascend to the crest of a rocky range of hills 



