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this. II(^ had iu'\cr smell wild Iwiar hi-lnic, and \\v had 

 no ivason to thiidv' that pork wouKi l)c less acceptable tliaii 

 venison. The t'ainiK' i»artv weiv all so hnsilv cnirairofl in 

 lui-ninii' nj) the groniid willi iheir hni^- iilack snonis thai 

 I miuhl have tak'eii in\' lime and |)i(ke(l out an\- one, 

 but 1 was so diso-usted at this ih'scent to llie lidirulous, 

 that 1 hred wildly at a sleek \'oun^' poi-ker and missed him 

 clean. I think tliat, at this time of the year, these |iii>s 

 come up from the marshes on llie plain toi- a kind ol' mush- 

 room, — coarse but edible- -w hich grows in (piantities in 

 the bla(d<: pine h>niiiis. 



()n a subsequent occasion I was more fortunate. I 

 jumped a big solitary boar tVoin a mass of fallen limber 

 and sci'ub. Springing to a more open place, I waited for 

 the chance. Then Celestin silently iiidieate(l ihat h" .-aw 

 him. 1 softly crept back to his side and made out a lai'e-e 

 black something which seeme(l to be standing and listen- 

 inor. There was a sli''ht motion, and 1 instant Iv iiuINmI ihe 

 trigger, but as I did so. the stem of a tree mixe(l itself up 

 with the dim outline. However, a cai'td'ul exannnatioii of 

 the truidx iaileij to i'c\-eal a bullet mark. So we laid 

 "Smoke" on. At first lie showed sonu' signs of trepida- 

 tion, l)ut presentlv taking to it more kindlv, led us on the 

 track till We lound a laige pahdi of bl(»od. and, a few wards 

 tarlhi/r, the biiar him,-elf, leaning against a tive and (|uite 

 dead. 



Ikit to i'(^turn to the da\' in (piestion. We wrre now 

 (j[)posite to a long wihl coiiii' where I fell sure there would 

 be deer, and though it in\o|\cd ;i still" descent and re- 

 ascent, we delcrniMK^l to tr\'. We had not gone far before 

 ■"Smoke ' airaiii winded soinel hiiiu. and when In' had led us 



