Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-05-01

First, it i very hard, secondly 1t Is imPos-
sible to change your position much
thirdly. there IS always a risk of falling,
particularly if you get sleepy and doze,
aud it is almost impossible to lie down or
even recline. But when it offers a secure
retreat from wild animals, it has its ad-
vantages. For fully half an hour We saw
nothing, although the rustling Of the bush
| indicated that various animals were on the
move The noises one hears at night IN
villa country are very singular, and when
heard during the stiffness of an African
night, few sounds are more striking than
the weird howl or moan Of the & strand
wolf or hy@na. The cry Of the iackal Is
particularly wild, and can be heard from
very great distance-whilst the peculiar
note of various night birds is heard as they
/ fit around the tree In which they discover
an intruder on their domain.
After listening to the various sounds
that occasionally were heard we suddenly
discovered several animals almost unueT
1 the tree in which we were concealed. We
dared not move, for TO move was 20 make
| a noise and to make noise would alarm
the animals, whatever they were. 1t was
! A4GA JIG AGGt-0Al ~ -NN "a -DSNA AN't "a
them without moving proceeding OF
some difficulty but We accomplished IT.
land found the creatures were bu~n-pi-s-
/ large PIC that lives entirely In the bush,
and i about a- watchtul and cunning as
/ any animal ihat inhabit4 Africa its powers
of hearing and scent being both very acute.
Ii knows quite wei. when any danger
threatens il, anu is not without powers OF
defense. for it possesses sharp tus6s that
Will rip up q dog or man as though
razor was used.
1t was scarcely worth while To alarm
any larger animal that might be near by
firing at these pigs, 80 we were content to
watch them as they turned up the ground
and fed on the roots they got. Suddenly,
without any apparent cause. two or three
Of these pigs gave ii short gruut and ran
off into the bush We thought they had
by their power u scent discovered cur
proximity TO them but We shortly found
their alarm was due 10 q much more dam
ger0U- enemy than mau-au enemy whose
cunning was greater than tuat of even the
oldest boar among the party. ana whose
strength wa- such that p full grown pig
was compared TO him little more than
rat to cat. The anima. that caused he
alarm was a leopard Whilst we were
wondering what had caused the sniden de-
parture OF the pigs. we heard a ru-tling of
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