The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-07
Hunting In Hungary.


+ The author of a work on travels IN
hungary thus describes hunting ex-
petition In forest In the Tokay dis.
trict "Wo were only ten guns, and
were soon posted, each man In his
proper position, waiting for the
sch,oars,cild, as the Germans say but
alas nothing appeared till the bcaters
to organize battue number two. The
beaters walk quietly forward, tapping
the trees now and then. This is quite
noise enough tor the purpose of rousing
tho game; If they shouted or made too
much row, the game would get wild
and scared. In the next battue [ had
hardly been five minutes at my post
when l heard from behind the breaking
of dead branches, as Of some animal adj
vancing slowly. 1t was fine buck,
which slade his appearance, but he
scented me and made off. Again about
a hundred yards off, caught a glimpse
OF him between the trees. fired with
effect. We found him afterward abou
two hundred yards farther on, where
he had fallen. 1t was very provoking ;
up to lunch time we sighted no wild
boar, but saw by the snow that they
had been about the hillside during the
night. We had soon a good fire
blazing, at which robbcr steak was
nicely cooked. never enjoyed any
thing more. We washed down our re-
past with good Tokay. After luncheon
we commenced work again. BY this
time we had advanced into the very
heart Of the forest. The smooth bolcs
of the tall beach trees looked grand in
their winter nakedness, rising like col
umns from the white frost-bespangled
ground. took up my stand. gun In
readiness, waiting for the tramp, the
snort, or the grizzly dark form of the
wild boar but nothing came to disturb
tho utter solitude of the scene. But
| bark! hear shots fired repeatedly In
the lower valley. |, too, begin to look
out, with quickened pulse, peering into
the misty depths Of the forest, and with
ear alert for every sound; but all to no
purpose. Nothing comes my way,
though again hear two more shots
| echo sharply In the narrow valley,
nearer to me than before. After the
lapse Of Il few minutes the btntcrs came
up, breaking through tho dead branches
Of undercovcr. | knew now that my
own chance was gone; but was cur
Ious to know what had happened, and
Joining two of my friends whose 'stand'
had been near mine, we hurried down
the valley to see wha. sport had turned
! up far the other guns. On inquiry 1t
appeared that at least seventy wild
boars had passed close to one of our
party; but the sight Of SO many Mt once
had made his aim unsteady, and he
only succeeded in wOunding one of the
number. The animal had dashed into
the half-frozcn stream at tho bottom of
the valley, and our friend had to reload
and give him his final shot there. We
formed one more battue. but nothing
came of 1t. and 1t was already high
time to return to our quarters, for the
whole scene was growing DIM In tho
wintry twilight. Some of the party,
myself included, went by arrangement
to the house Of ono Of the forcsters.
Tho good people In their desire to bc
hospitable, gave us warm reception.
They had heated the rooms to such an
extent that we were almost baked
alive. The next morning we resumed
our sport. During the first battue
eight wild bOars were sighted. One
was shot Instantly; the other broke
through tho line Of beaters but In doing
so Il very unusual thing happened, for
one of the forcstcrs succeeded In killing
Il boar by tremendous blow from an
aX. We were very much surprised
that the animal had come near enough,
for as Il rule, they will not approach
human beings except when wounded,
and then they are formidable assai-
ants. regret 70 say that one Of our
dogs was ripped up by one Of this herd
OF eight.