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 we observed the feet-mark of the wild boars ; we judged Third 



Journey, 



by the freshness 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 Avith 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 ovu* 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. Next morn we rose at dawn, got break- 

 fast, 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 j 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 above one hundred of them ; we killed six, 

 and the rest took off in different directions. But to the 

 point. 



Amongst us the needy man works from light to dark 

 for a maintenance. Should this man chance to acquire 



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