The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-15

landed on the heap together. The bears re.
flung his partner 10 the brush heap with his
RRH and Thf saan nsd ffsasa es0s
on their toes. ending the feat by Swinging to
The brush heap simultaneously, one r 81 them En-
refused to. climb the tree again. and his mate
after coa5ing him Tor ssyeTal mGutes backed
with the w od psrtsrmancs and hsoeHF
them OF tho truth Of his sta tenn emit so early in
the day. Tho Willow Creek mon returned to
TIE a he ia
them on the horizontal limb.
Wild Boars In ~ orth Cnrolina-A Hunt In
the Mountains.
STONY GAP. N. c.. May 13.-No animal In the
wild mountain recess OF North Carolina en-
ceeds in ferocity and courage tho wild boar.
Descended from domesticatcd hogs that were
turned loose or had escaped many years ago.
the animal is SO wild. fierce. and dangerous
that not hunter hcreabouts would not prefer
to meet a panther. bear. or half dozen cata-
mounts than to face n wild boar Of full growth.
As described by Black Watson. one OF tho
most famous hunters in tho wiljs OF Nantahala
Mountains tho boar does not know fear.
dangerous? They're the fcrcest ami
mails in the mountains" he said ono even
ing in his shakedown. two travellers being in
terested listeners. Two old bears can whip
q bear in no time. and II wounded they'd
charge tho dovil. When you shoot ut wild
boar shoot to KILL or hunt u tree mighty quick.
and O good sized one ut that or you're n
goner. Don't climb eapln'. for n boar would
soon dig it UP by the roots and then rip you to
pieces. Don't forget when huntin' old bears
to keep near tree you Gun climb quick"
When a hunt for wild hogs was proposed.
Watson said that on experience OF that kind
would be much more dangerous and exciting
than bear hunt. but he agreed to go the next
day. After an early start. with three dogs.
Watson found the hunting ground In q shelf
OF tho mountain covered with chestnuts.
hickory. and beech trees, whore 1t was plainly
evident that bunch OF wild hogs had been
feeding. The dogs were turned loose and In a
short time a deep bay came from the right
several hundred yards away.
I'm few minutes" one OF tho hunters said.
describing his experience. L heard crash In
the underground. and q savage Grunt and
snort. and out started big sow and two half
grown pigs Just as the SOW appeared over a
slight elevation about $50 feet away I fired
and keelcd her over The pigs stood still q
minute until they caught sight OF me. when
they charged furiously. l knocked one OF
them over before they had made twenty-five
picture OF .demonlao rage. with foam fly;
Ing from his Jaws and his teeth and
t tv swapping Glacsd fo mY astnets Under
low branched beech tree. and lost no time in
putting myself out Of the roach Of the savage
had swung my WINCHESTER over my shoulder
%y Gun the s s AH Htou s" yapds
away =! could see Caleb. our darkey. leaning
1ns wsh nS ey
the rush q tho hogs Caleb drew away, from
his tree lust as 2 tremondous ga boar darted
tant. Caleb saw him coming like q cyclone.
and. without considering; shot at him i'm, Tho
but butt It s.f might as we we'll have BEEN fred into
= monitor Tor al the harm i did. The
bullet iiattened like putty and did no other
snort snort and started for HIM With tie foam flying
clnting with devilish ferocity. Caleb had no
fm to his whsa wS bs
aaEy Meud of SSn Sff Save oa
forget Watson's, advice. He skinned up a
f Ss n hod Ills s1 wss The 0sr
didn't stop in his charge. but ran full tilt
the old dark ey, had all he could do to hang on
:" When the boar found he couldn't knock
the tree down by sheer force. he deliberately
went to work in another way He walked
around the tree two or three times. until he
gin operations. when he stopped and began to
dig aud tear up tho ground with his long
h his long n tusls. Il t" was .' Sany evident that
something would have to be done pretty
quick or our moss would be short ono Caleb
might, and every yell appeared to add to tho
on to the tree. Prepared 70 let the brute have
shot; The distance was about l50 Yards and
as ii sG2s teu sSf Tide % 10 old
preparations by standing upon n big limb OF
the beech and resting my gun on another
shot struck the boar behind the shoulder. but
as he had stood GuartcrnK toward me IN TIE SSniy
d dsD"s S w"nnd' When tho boar felt the
sting Of the he says 9T the was
me or have seen the smoke Of tho shot. Call
Ing to the negro 70 SIP dG w on out % ne tt,s
hs cane faw that he e. was re
inches cii in length. His eyes -siistened with
rage and his bristles stood up like wires as he
chased the tree ., and began gan to tear the bark
sever several minutes the fierce brute stopped and
sviaen!iy soon satisfied, himself that
they .ssso too largo b nd w s9S rs
again went at the body Of the tree. There was
no danger OF his succeeding. in his undertak:
determi ned to finish the affair. II took half a
dozen shots at close range to kill the brute.
and am satisfied that there Won ia not hnve
been one change in ten OF escaping that way
had been OH the ground.
Tho whp.itke cracks Of guns of To- the left
plainly told me that Watson and Denton. my
travelling companions. were also having their
share Of the Snort got down nnnt md went e
We quietly approached tho quarter from which
the sound OF the shooting came. and about 400
opening about loo yards in .circumierence.
on the. opposite side Of which we saw .
nutYs Of smoke were slowly drifting
upward. Beneath and. around the tree
were about q dozen wild hogs; snorting npd