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and was making off up the bank, as hard as 

 he could go. Reloading, we were soon after 

 him, and found that he was now bleeding like 

 a stuck pig. Placing a man upon the track, 

 with directions to keep back, and cautiously 

 to follow the blood ; we kept a little above the 

 line ourselves, expecting every moment to 

 find him at bay. But no : we reached the 

 crest of the hill in the forest, from whence 

 there was a gentle slope of about four miles 

 down to a stream ; the blood still continuing, 

 our pace increased from a walk to a trot, 

 then from a trot to a run, and at length 

 we fairly ran him home into a large cave. 

 Here, we were regularly beat for the 

 present. We dared not go in without 

 lights, and he would not come out; so 

 placing some branches before the mouth of 

 the cave, we left him, expecting, either to 

 find him lying dead outside in the morning, 

 or, to have to go in and beard him in his 

 den. Home we went, and found Colls 

 returned ; he had not been so successful 

 even as we had been, for he had not 



