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heavily forward, falling dead at my feet, 

 or, I should have said, on my feet, which 

 knocked me over; and, having thus felt 

 something of his weight, I did not require 

 to be told that he was " a splendid fellow 

 and fat as a pig/' which was the general 

 remark when my friends came up later to 

 see him. I was amused at the screams of 

 delight from the coolies, who were perched 

 on the hill above me, at the prospect of 

 another great meat dinner ; they sang and 

 danced with pleasure, not altogether at 

 the prospect of the feast, but also, I 

 believe at my skill and success. If I had 

 missed the boar it would have been a 

 serious matter, for in passing me, he 

 would, without doubt, have ripped me up 

 with one of his great tusks, and I have 

 seen some very ugly wounds which these 

 have inflicted before now. 



