SOUTH AMERICA. 
185 
I had a proof of this : we were eight in number, 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 freshness of the marks 
that they had passed that way early the same morn¬ 
ing. 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. 
Next 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: w r e 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 
THIRD 
JOURNEY. 
