A WILD BOAR. 28a 



fire-arms, and as I went merely to see the 

 fun, I much against their wishes left my rifle 

 behind. 



The snow was lying thickly on the ground, 

 so the animal was tracked without much 

 difficulty, but as it had gone right up the liill, 

 and the snow lay deeper and deeper the higher 

 we ascended, the less eager of the hunters 

 lagged behind, and gradually gave up the 

 chase. In the end, two men and myself, with 

 two of the best dogs, were all that followed. 

 Those who have tried, and know from experi- 

 ence, the extreme toil of walking up a steep 

 hill-side with about two feet of snow on the 

 ground, will scarcely wonder at this. To 

 those who have not, I would recommend the 

 trial of a mile or two, under similar circum- 

 stances, before they despise our beaten com- 

 panions. At length, the dogs brought the 

 boar to bay, under some thick morenda pine- 

 trees, where, from the shelter they gave, 

 the ground was but lightly covered with 

 snow. 



When we got up to him, the boar, and an 



