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some pigs on foot amongst the ferns and 

 briars of a basin in the hills, where grew quite 

 an orchard of frnit trees, and still another 

 division of the pack had got some roe deer 

 on foot. 



Frank and some one or two others were 

 well placed for the roe, and had the doubtful 

 pleasure of missing them two or three times 

 as their heads glanced along above the top of 

 the deep fern at distances varying from one to 

 three hundred yards. 



As for me, I had been placed in the drive 

 before in such a very den of thorns that I had 

 been unable to extricate myself in time to join 

 this last drive, and now found myself left out 

 of the hunt. However, I was not alone, and 

 I am inclined to think that a certain prince 

 and myself, having secured our horses, had 

 much the best of the fun ; for having gained 

 the place where the dogs were hunting the 

 boar, we tied up our cattle and had a really 



