THE JAVALINO. 



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The first of this kind I ever shot, the 

 lump was cut out from him as soon as he 

 had left off struggling ; and throwing him on 

 my horse, I took him to the ranchos and had 

 a leg cut off and roasted. Never was such a 

 delicious looking little leg of pork set before 

 a ravenous hunter; nor was apple-sauce at 

 all indispensable ; but no sooner was hunger 

 satisfied than the musk taste made me expe- 

 rience the most violent sickness for a few 

 hours I had ever felt, and from that day I 

 have had a great dislike for even the sight of 

 pork. When one of these pigs is shot, the 

 others make off as fast as possible, and a 

 second shot is rare, unless a right and left is 

 given in succession ; but very different is the 

 other large and awfully savage breed, for 

 they all congregate round their fallen com- 

 panion, and then proceed instantly to take 

 summary vengeance, if they can, on the 

 aggressor, and they fear neither man nor 

 beast. 



If a javalino is shot from horseback, the 

 best way is to gallop off as fast as you can, 

 and return in an hour with assistance to 

 carry away the heavy brute ; by which time 

 they will have most likely left that part of 

 the country. If on foot and in an open 



