, 1879-02-24
4 WILD BOAR AT BAY,
Narrow Eschre OF Sir JOHN Hay, Who II
Wounded by tho [nfnrlhtctl i3chat.
Aron

Snrro" Escape OF Sir JOHN Hay. Who II
Wounded by the [nfnrlmtctl iscast.
Gibraltar Ghraaic'e.
Tic following arc thc particulars Of the serious
accident which occurred to Ills ExceleucY Sir
JOHN Drummond Hay, X. q. B., when bour.
limiting ut tic Lake oi Arara some miles from
TanEicr. On the 10th. 1t seems TINT bic boar
was started shcl, earc the hunters good gnl-
lop, Mr. Woud eventually getting the first aud
Mr.. Matthews, Jr.,. the second spear; hut, d.
though very badly wounded, the beast managed
to get asaY into tic thick covert. After The
bout wna ilnisllcd, Sr. John, unwilling to lose
this n'lditton to llle bug, got tile hounds down
to The tlicket Into which the boar Ind etrcnted;
obstsuattly to It's refuge, n,ld would not 1cayu
the covert. III the meantime the tIorscincu lad
posted themselves round the tllicket, anl Sir
on went 1 t. wnets ti, he M ea,a ihe oEs Eving
thick bushes on some santl-httts.
lie directed euffe Of the Atoors to 70 In with
tl!cr guns aud put MI end To The p!c, nut they
al refused, nsr Sir John accordingly, with his
double-barrelcd gun from oue Of The Moors,
ula unlleetling their circumstances tfIat he
should not lace Jug danger, boldly vent in to
Elye ste an'tnal the COUP de grace; sr John
was accompanied ou]v BY afoors at tllc ftsne.
lie crn~'cti into thc bushes, saw tlic boar n
tay Mt about fifteen or twenty feel distance, and
taking steadY an pulled tht trigger. when 10
llts hurIor ttr result was merely pff, 4ilt! TIC
bonr Immediately rushed 10 nttuck him. Az the
nD!.la! cAtnU IN he pulled thc trigger pE the
sctt,ntl barrel With the sAc futile result rs the
1Irat. rs the glln hAt evidently been Iuatlcu for
soMc time, al,l aisu with Moorish powder. The
charge Ut thu intnrfated beast threw Sir John
to the ground, wl.cfr he WIS attacked chiefly
about thg legs, With which he was eulcayorl,r
10 defend himself Un calling out tor IpID, o
young Moor, arineA only with a snail ,atecY,
crawlel il to the r1scur, anil the boar ttnIncdl-
htely laft Sir John, Walking over hin, a,,d at-
tavked the newcomer; hut on receiving TWO Or
three rood blows about tue head NTH the
hatchct he turned away.
III the meantime tlrce others OF The bcatcrs
came to the Teacl1c, buc Ut thtm only being
armed, who With liH lung gun pitt m end 10
tiIc bnar. sir John, feeling tint lIo wna badly
Wounded determined to proceed straight bark
to Tangier, only reaching tllrte ut 0 O'Clock nj
hight. 1t "ns ttlen inlf,a, on cutting OF Ills
hyue. tint lIe had received severe wound In f!,e
calf 0f Ills ley, httwern four ami five Inches
lung, ntAt Rh0ut an tl,cll and half t1ecp and
also slfgllttr wound lower down tue teg. Most
Fortunately hu llatl received no other Injury, a.
though lste saiter OIL his right les WIS BADLY
turl, IN two Dr three n1acts. Thu hpnr wns q
very big onc. with large lusks. 1t Is su!l TINT
t!,e bonrs THIS year arc yrrF 6uyaTe. eyery one
that WIS ridden after ctiurging Tho horses gei,-
orally bulurc they lla.t hecn touched by snear.
Six were killed bY tbs barty altogether; two vs-
capped badly wounded. 1t was great relief To
the authorizations Of the lIllntlHg party when
ttey fOunl HUT the wound, although aeyerr,
WIS not su ser0lt8 h8 Wis ut ilrst funrcd.