206 A MONTH IN THE FORESTS OF FRANCE. 



astonishment the hound recovered. I do not hesi- 

 tate to say that the recovery of Saxon and Barricade 

 was the most extraordinary fact of the sort that ever 

 came within my experience. Barricade never had a 

 bad symptom, and Saxon was absolutely snatched 

 from the jaws of death. 



On Tuesday night we retired early to rest, feeling 

 sure we could rely on the report of the old keeper 

 that on the following morning he would introduce us 

 to the boar, which he pronounced to be one of four 

 hundred pounds weight. 



