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We were eight in niiin"ber, six Indians, a negro, and 

 myself. About ten o'clock in the morning we observed, 

 the feet-mark of the wild boars ; we judged by the fresh- 

 ness of the marks that they had passed that way early 

 the same morning. As we were not gifted, like the 

 hound, with scent, and as we had no dog with us, we 

 followed their track by the eye. The Indian after game 

 is as sure with his eye as the dog is with his nose. 

 We followed the herd till three in the afternoon, then 

 gave up the chase for the present ; made our fires close 

 to a creek where there was plenty of fish, and then 

 arranged the hammocks. In an hour the Indians shot 

 more fish with their arrows than we could consume. 

 The night was beautifully serene and clear, and the moon 

 shone as bright as day. JSText morn we rose at dawn, got 

 breakfast, packed up, each took his burden, and then we 

 put ourselves on the track of the wild boars, which we 

 had been following the day before. We supposed that 

 they, too, would sleep that night in the forest, as we 

 had done ; and thus the delay on our part would be no 

 disadvantage to us. This was just the case, for about 

 nine o'clock their feet-mark became fresher and fresher : 

 we now doubled our pace, but did not give mouth like 

 hounds. We pushed on in silence, and soon came up 

 with them ; there were about one hundred of them ; 

 we killed six, and the rest took ofi" in difi"erent direc- 

 tions. But to the point. 



Amongst us the needy man works from light to dark 

 for a maintenance. Should this man chance to acquire 

 a fortune, he soon changes his habits. IS^o longer under 

 ^' strong necessity's supreme command," he contrives to 

 get out of bed between nine and ten in the morning. 

 His servant helps him to dress, he walks on a soft 



