The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-05-20

said Hill; "such a thing LAS neve
been known, except when he receive
: a fresh blow"
, Satisfied'with his assUTancc, / KEEP
going around the tree at a running
pace, as before, while my adversary
: animated by the sound of my Toiee
: was close at my heels.
: "When you see chance, throw m'
a Spear" / said, hurriedly.
EI,lI see TO that" sa i'll Hill land
meanwhile, my dear boy, keep III
your heart"
Singular enough, the bOaT's atten-
; ton, during the whole of this time
had not been in the least diverted by
the others, who We're not more than ;
few yards distant. But set, as it were
Oh his intended victim, he disregard
ed all objects besides.
The eXertiOn, excitement, and heat
of the run caused the perspiratiOn t.
rum freely down my person, but
felt no symptom Of exhaustion, nOl
even of fatigue and the boar, though
still bleeding, seemed TO relax UOnC
of his speed, nor lose amy Of his
strength.
Seeing an opportunity, Hill at last
threw me his spear, which ! failed 10
catch, and it fell within six inches Oi
my adversary, when the infuriated
monster seized it in his jaws and
crushed it into fragments. This in
4 tefesting piece Of by-play detained
him little in his progress, when the
opportunity was seized of throwing
me another spear, which | was more
fortunate in securing, After he had
wreaked his Yengence in this mapDer
OH the Samoan javelin he resumed his
pace, but somewhat slower than be-
fore, as if lis british instinct had
been little appeased by the act of
crunching my fragile weapon. Ere
many minutes repeated the attack,
this time with caution and precision,
and struck him once more i'm the
flank, inf1iDtiRg Il deep wound. / inn
mediately made q retrogade move
ment, my adversary did the same,
and a shout of applause burst from the
! spectators.
"BraVely done once mOrew shout
ed Hill. frantic VITA joy; 'yOu've
given him IL home this fine BE cool,
my boy; for Heavens sake, be cool
The blood is coming in streams, and
if he were the very devil he must
soon feel the effects"
The blood certainly did flow in
streams, and / soon began to eXper-
ienpe the inconvenient effects, for the
ground on which / was forced to
run was a6 saturated and slippery
that / was III inaMinent danger of
falling, and OF becoming an easy
and unresisting victim. Sull, |
f,I3 4I,a{ -, no4 I'll.
b. striking another blow, and so
hasteIi the termination of the conflict
would at present be injudiciOus. Hav-
ing allowed Certain time for this
passive kind of warfare ta have its
due effect, | dealt him another as eff
ficacious as the last. This is the only
thrust by which he seemed to be SEN
sibly affected, and lac began to slacken
his pace. Owing to the slippery ma
ture OF the ground, my position was
now more prepaPious and insecure
than ever, and experienced Il degree
of heart-sickness That was really
alarming. What If he should turn
round, or even resume his former rap
i'll pace ? / should be unable to avoid
him. / was, even now, scarcely able
to retain my footing; but if, madden
ed with pain and goaded TO a last ef-
fort, he should concentrate his eXpir-
ing strength in one desperate attack,
should he utterly lost, Hill say my
embarrassment, and implOred me to
keep up my spirits; adding, that, as /
had hitherto acted so braVely, il
would he unmanly now To dcspOnd,
since the conflict was about To ter
INMATE in glorious victory.
AniHated by this reminder, | re-
solved to strike another blow. zone
more blow" thought "and if sue
ceed in planting it effectively, ! shall |
either disable him altogether, or, at |
any rate, sufficiently so to enable me |
to leave the tree" ] dashed at him, |
and dealt a powerful OnG-plunging |
my spear-head to the wood. 1t COM |
pletly stunned him, and he stood |
bleeding as if knife had been stuck 4
in his neck. now felt could leave
the tree and rejOin my companions,
which instantly did, to my own
great relief, and amid their sincere
congratulations Poor Hill embraced
me, DECLARING that Hhe never hoped
to see me escape" Fhe itatiges We're
quite demOnstratiye in their eOHgrat-
and lifted me on their
declaring that was a war
rior equal to the best on the island
Thus, / was made great man, not so
much in bravery as by dOdging. The
boar, left standing, helplessly enough,
at the foot of the tree, soon bleed TO
death.
Meanwhile, fifty yards away, they
were shouting, swearing, and laugh
ing at q man up in q tree. Going
around the tree was another wild boar,
like the one | had just been killing
and dodging, running and chipping the
hard bark OFF with his huge tusks,
foaming and frOthing in wild rage at
some one he heard, but could not see;
and at the DISTANCE of ten yards or so
was circle of young men, darting
their spears at him, and recovering
them again by means of n strong cord
which was attached to the end of the
lafts. Ahl these natives are wise fell
Ows. Born to the business-the
'pomp and circumstance" of boar
lunting-when one of them succeeds
n drawing the boar's attention to
himself he takes to the nearest tree,
ust rs / did; but instead of running
ITOt1id the tree as I did, he runs up
t, with the agility of u monkey. Then
le begins to shout with might and
main, to fix the attention of the boar,
Who Immediately begins to run around
he tree, in the hope of catching the
,wner of the voice. The man above !
leeps on roaring; the boar keeps OH ,
around and those standing j
way Ut q short DISTANCE keep darting ,
heir spears into his hristly hide, while I
he stupid pig at every blow he re- ,
.eives, and every sound he hears from |
LbOve is getting more furious, and !
learer, he imagines, to his assailant-
altogether that the man in
he tree is only decoy, and those
around are his real assail-
.nts. This is a spOrt-the only one in i
Ianger of being hurt is the boar, who, I
fter awhile, get so exhausted as to be {
apable of no resistaAce, and is easily T
Id
We returned, laden with the pro- j
ucts of the expedition, and made a Q
riumphal entry into the "Yillage of )
he GOds,n amid the barking of dogs, l
he yelling of little boys, and the gen. :
raj rejoicing of the whole village. 1t I
ras n glorious day, and to he duly eel 7
brated by great feast. The hunters !
rllo had so successfully provided for 5
he gastronOmic pleasures of our >
riends We're the objects of general at c
entiOn; and, as for myself, who,
had killed, shall say 7
'0dged boar to death-why, / was the 5
bserYed of all observers, f
Preparations for the anticipated feast C
ad already been in forward state i
yramids Of red-hOt stones were in
'aiting, and, beside them, heaps of
laves, for covering over the intended ]
1ibles; to burn Off the bristles, and 5
viscerate n couple of bOaFs, and half !
dozen pigs, was, therefore, all that b
to he done. As many hands r
lade light work, this parr of the fes- L
We preparation was soon accomplish u
4, when the pyramids were razed, b
nd the bOars and pigs laid on the red il
Ot stones, and then carefully covered t,
18th a great heap of leaves, to pre- V
ent the heat from escaping. In two [,
ours, the animals entire We're placed u
efOre the expectant guests, in excel 2
mt condition, and cooked ''tO a turn" Il
he boar which / had slain, or rather Il
Odged to death, was laid OH a mat, r,
efore n circle of chiefs, who consid- V
red themselves hOnOred with my 7