Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-10-04
Singular Adventure,

was one day hunting alone, on foot,
with oublesbarreiied smooth bore, one
barrel loaded with ball, the other with
number-two shot, in a rather (for that
country open wood, when a large boar
made his appearance, about sixty yards
off, and not seeing any of his comrades,
I let fly the ball barrel at him and tum-
bled him over. He gave fierce grunt
or two as he lay, and large herd of these
bears and sows Immediately rushed out
of some thicket underwood behind him,
and after looking a few seconds at the
fallen beast, made dash at me: but
they were trifle too late, for on FIRST
catching sight Of them, l ran to a tree,
cut upit for life, and had only inst scram-
bled into some diverging branches, about
ten feet from the ground, when whole
herd arrived, granting and squeezing at
the foot of the tree. 1t was the first
time i had ever been tree'd. as the North
americans called it. and I could not help
laughing at the ridiculous figure I must
have cut, chased up tree by drove of
pigs but it soon turned out no laughing
matter, for their patience was not, as l
expected, soon exhausted; but they SET
tied round the tree, about twenty yards
distant, and kept looking at me with
their twinkling eyes, as much as to say,
"we'll have You yet" Having made up
my mind that regular siege was inten-
ded, I began as an old soldier to exam>
inc the state and resources of the fortress.
and also the chance of relief from with
out, by raising the siege. The defences
consisted Of four diverging branches that
afforded safe asylum to the garrison.
provided it was watchful and did not go
to sleep; the arms and ammunition. "de
qaesre ct de bouch," were double bar
relied gun, flask nearly full Of powder,
plenty Of copper caps, and few eharg-
es of shot, but only two balls; knife,
flint and steel, piece of dried tongue, a
small flask Of spirits and water, and a
good bundle of cigars. AS to relief from
without, it was hardly to be expected,
although broad trail ran about half a
mile from my perch; and as for the sal
ly, it was quite out of the question; so |
did as most persons would do in my sit
uation-made myself as comfortable as
possible. took small sup from the flask,
lit cigar, and sat watching the brutes,
wondering when they would get tired Of
watching nae. But hour after hour clap
sci and as there seemed no chance of
the pigs losing patience, of course l be-
gan to loose mine; they never stirred,
except one or two would now and then
90 and take look at his dead comrade,
and returned grunting, as if he had fresh
ened up his thirst for revenge.
All at once it occurred to me, that
though could not spare my lead. but
must keep tfor emers encies, yet as pow
der and caps were in abundance it would
be good plan to fire off powder alone
every few minutes, and follow each shot
with loud shout which Is general sig
nal for assistance and as one barrel was
still loaded with shot, picked out most
outrageously vicious old boar, who was
Just returning from visit to his fallen
friend, grunting and looking up at me in
the tree, and gave him the whole charge
at about twenty yards off, in the middle
of his face. This succeeded beyond nay
expectation, for he turned round and gal
loped away as hard as he could, making
the most horrible noise; and though thu
remainder. when they heard the shot
charged up to the foot of the tree, ye
the outcry of the old boar drew then
all from the spot, and away went thu
, whole herd after him, making such
noise as never heard before or since
Remaining upon the treefor several min
!. utes, until all was quiet, I loaded both
barrels very carefully with ball, and slip
ping down to the ground, ran away in q
contrary direction to the one they had
taken, as fast as my legs would carry me
In about an hours time, party Of us re
turned to the spot on horseback, anc
carried the brute home, after cutting him
up, as he was too heavy to carry whole
THE White Nile. by Wayne.