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through the body ; then they left the carcases lying 

 where they fell, until the hunt was over. 



Some of the pigs were very desperate, especially 

 one old boar, which, with a spear sticking through 

 his sides, made a rush at the men, one of whom he 



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knocked down, tearing his throat open with his tusks. 

 He wounded another in the leg, and tore, in a ter- 

 rible manner, the arm of a third. 



The native first attacked, afterward died from his 

 injuries ; but the other two recovered. 



Some of the larger kangaroos showed fight, and 



