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the central one of which was a well-tusked Boar; 
the other two being Sows. The peon and the 
friend with me were safe on some ascending ledges 
of limestone. I was on the edge of the cliffy path- 
way. In a moment the Boar, champing his mouth 
with rage, and rising to make one rush upon me, 
took some three steps in advance of his mates*; 
when, at the same instant, the two large blood-hounds 
we had with us, both together leaping in over some 
low bushes beside me, and the terrier in company 
smuicing it under the brushwood, with his short 
yap of a bark, stood between me and the assault of 
the excited Boar. It was all the work of a mere frac- 
tion of a minute. The Boar stopped short from his 
attack to defend his mates from the dogs, who now 
were covering me. They had run round the Boar 
and turned him, cutting him off from his two mates. 
It was immediately a chase, for the Sows scudded 
off, and the Boar followed ; and quick as magic, I 
found myself in the midst of peril, and delivered 
from the onslaught of an irritated Boar in the forest. 
How intensely did my heart beat ! for the danger, I 
was assured, was imminent. Many a time I have 
remembered the occurrence, and wondered at my 
deliverance. 
“ The original Hog of the Canary Isles, the parent 
of our wild animal, is said by Eyton to have the 
specific peculiarity of fewer dorsal vertebrae than the 
typical species. 
Though our woodland breed never attain a 
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