2Si BEOUGHT TO BAT. 



immense brute he was, stood with his nether 

 end against one of the trees, eyeing with that 

 sinister look they always have, the two dogs 

 which were baying him in front. Encouraged 

 by our jDresence, the dogs did everything but 

 actually seize hioi, and I expected every 

 moment to see the boar make a charge, and 

 turn one or both of them over. He stood, 

 however, without any movement, except 

 turning his head occasionally from side to 

 side, as one or other of the dogs came too 

 close. Altogether, he was a rather ugly- 

 looking customer, and I almost regretted not 

 having brought my rifle. The work, however, 

 promised to be much more exciting, than 

 finishing the brute with a bullet, and I soon 

 became as much interested, as if instead of 

 bristles, he possessed one of the finest skins 

 in the hills. One of the men was armed with 

 an iron spear, the other with one of the 

 national Puharrie weapons, " a dangru," or 

 broad-bladed hatchet ; I was quite unarmed, 

 having nothing but a stick. We were dis- 

 cussing the best method of attack, when the 



