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WILD SPAIN. 



and redoubles his speed. Full in the shoulder strikes the 

 express bullet, stopping his flight and sending him head- 

 long to earth, where a second shot ends his agony with 



instant death. In this fortunate drive four stags and two 

 boars are brought to bag. One of the latter, in a thick 

 brambled mancha, for some time defied the dogs, which 

 declined to face him at close quarters. He was a brute 



