The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-07-16


directly from the opposite shore.
Nothing oow remained bu, for Alfred IN
plunge into she pond. and make the opposite
shore by besiipg the wsvss, or to divide him
sell passage among the elders around one Of
the exuemisies OF the pvrd, which could not
be done sboe OF travelling the distance of a.
nosher mile. But no time wAs to be lost.
nc cries OF the swine bespoke ths grea,esx
danger. The latter task was chosen, and in
In space, and With courage sod energy
scarcely conceived By our puny generation,
Alfred arrived Q, the acene Of action. Yesons
OF H'ilsborough, whose hesy< does not ct this
momen, misgivs him, when spprsach!ne the
battle ground, alone, in dvkoess, and uncer-
tain 80 to the nature Of The toe !-Bu, Aft ed
proceeded with. an Ondsun,ed frmnsss. He
was uoder the Sbcessiry lof approaching uear
to them, before he coold make sny discovery
by reason Of the darkness OF the ni.ht, render-
ca more dark by the towering trees that min
g'ed their branches at sobe go o, 20 foe, from
tho ground, and dense underwood, which
stood like hedge continually before MN,
The instant he entered the space wsy, which
had eeen beaten down during The action, Al.
freo saw the boar seated upon The ground, and
s,iii defending himself against ,hs mos, furi.
ous asssnis OF tho hugcst bear which his eyes
ever brhed.--He was like HE old 6eii COW for
magnitude. Alfred drew his gun TO bis shoul-
der, and was In the attitude Of tskipg aim.
when he perceived obscurcly that tho bear
was in limo from him 20 tho boar, and ho
could no, discharge Lis piece without sndan.
ger'ng the latter and as ho was moving in a
circular direction to obtain Q ssfc discharge,
ne was discovered by tho bear, al which the
latter bounded into the bushes and disappear.
ed Alfred now came up TO tho keeper Of
MS herd, and Witnessed such tokens of GLAD.
ness on his approach rs both surprised snd Of.
iecied him. II was, however, too sole mn an
hour With the swine to lavish upon his deliv-
eror unne, iing ceremonies AS soon &C no
found himself safe from HE TOO powerful On.
'ssonist, he prostrstcd himself fat ON the
gfouod, and Icy sometime in psntiogs and
groans which were indescribable. Alfred
now discharged bis gun with view TO terrily
the beasts OF prey end to keep them Of dur
Ing tho night. He struck end kinded fro,
enc upoa slight examination, found tha, his
hog was lscerstsd snd msngled in most
shocking manner. He was u,etly disabled
from wsltins or rising, excep, upon his 10, .
fcet. But what 10 10 be noticed especiAlleia ID
this narration, 10 this The boar siter somo
little time recovered from his extrcme cx-
hsus,ion, and noon Rsined tho Same position in
which his owner found him; snd no. sooner
was this Obtained, than he began 10 best
challenge tor tho rene ewal OF the confess. His
eyes flashed with rage, he stamped with mis-
fore ieet, no chafed, he gnsshsd with his tusks
sod fosmed At tho mouth, and looked around
with the greatest sppsrent 6rmnsss for his
antagonist. Hence arose the proverb, which
was afterwards often repealed by Alfred, that
the old Boar ehcfes again. Alfred now burn.
ed somo powder around him, and left him for
the night, and returned 10 his cabin, whore,
perhaps, he was never more joyfuly received
by his young vile, who, d0tiog Oh This whilo
remained listening at her window with So
licnude more readily conceived than express
&c. Tho next day some help was ob,sined,
and the field OF action revisited. The boar
had not removed out Of bis place, but was still
weiiefing 10 his blood. With much Isbor ho
was conveyed homo, fs:tened and killed and
by his death helped TO proloog that existence
to the family which he could no longer pro.
mote by his life. With a view TO sceoun, for
the melancholy fate Of the boar, Alfred and
his associates went and searched for the swine
"sA Wes uCeNoyeo III Nuo uitCtuOou OI tno
preceding day. They found ono Of the larg-
est hogs slaiu evidently by bear, and near TO-,
huge bear was as evidently slain by the boar.
This caused them 10 conclude that tho frs,
hog was mortslly wounded by bear in the
absence Of the boar bu, the c'ies Of the wouo-
ded 5000 btought the master, whom sn co.
gagement eosued,i In which tho bear was slsio
not, however, without loss Of blood to The
boar. Thst during the 6ra action the res, oi
the herd fed, and thar the boar was 10 pur-
sol, Of them when he passed tho cabin through
tho field. That sher running several miles,
he either swsm the pond or fetched a COM
pass round IL, snd o, the pom, Of exhaustion
he fell in . still more powerful su,sgon,st (;
tha: by consequence Of his los, OF blood end
fatigue, his defence was feeble 10 comparison
with what IL would otherwise have been, and
that he wa, suerfowered rsthet than subdued .