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We were only ten days hunting the wild oxen, and, when the 

 flesh (of the oxen) was finished, we hunted the wild boars two 

 days only. The wild fowl we took all in one day. We did 

 not shoot the fowls, but obtained them by catching them, and 

 striking them only. The wild cattle and the wild boars were 

 killed by the soldiers, and the birds were caught by them. 

 The crocodiles and the others, viz. the fish, the turtles, the 

 monkeys, and the hedgehogs, were caught by the people, 

 farmers, or villagers." Such is the account, written from 

 the field, which one of the huntsmen gives as the result of 

 thirteen days' sport. 



The immense number of wild cattle slaughtered in ten 

 days, and of wild boars killed in two days, together with the 

 number of birds taken in a single day, show that the game 

 must have been exceedingly abundant. There does not 

 appear to have been any hunting expeditions for a number of 

 years past. The chief pursuits of the kind appear to have 

 been for the destruction of the wild hogs. The only sport in 

 which the court takes part at the present time, is that of bull- 

 fights at the capital. 



But, leaving the natives to follow the large hog, which had 

 just approached the outskirts of their village, we continued 

 our way, the sun shining brightly as we mounted the high 

 ground to the east of the village. After crossing a river, we 



