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rounded by a number of formidable dogs, 

 that would certainly have attacked us but 

 for his interference, and must be a very 

 sufficient protection against nightly marau- 

 ders. He informed us that he lived chiefly 

 by the sale of the flesh of the wild swine, 

 which he obtained by the chace, and cured ^ 

 It is very superior to the flesh of the do- 

 mestic animals, which are ill fed, and have 

 a rancid flavour. When he determined on a 

 hunt, he used to form a party with two 

 or three others, and then set out with a 

 number of dogs, and several canoes, for five 

 days, during which they generally killed 

 fourteen or fifteen swine per day. The 

 larger dogs will bring down the game them- 

 selves, to the number of two or three a 

 day. The smaller ones will keep one of 

 the most formidable boars at bay, whilst 

 the hunter creeps behind, and, watching 

 his opportunity, throws his lance with such 

 vigour as to pin the animal to the earth, 



