Evening star., 1899-07-29
AN EXCITING HUNT.
Chasing Wild Bonrs in the Jungle is
Fine sport.

FEorn Pearson's Magazine.
We Will suppose the camp already teft be-
hind The beatcrs, perhaps forty of them
Uhere are often many more than this num-
ber), have been swallowed up in the jungle.
thickets and the long grass, and betray
their presence Ly weird medley of sounds.
tom-tOmS, voices, the crash of wool on
wood and the blowing of horns. The din
Seems enough to scare any pig Out of his
senses.
Outside the jungle patch the spears are
posted al likely points; Lhey keep an eye
on the line of beaterS, whose progress is
marked by long ripple. The slow advance
continues, the hideous ClamOr incre aSiuy as
Il approaches. The excitement OK waiting
for pig to break is tremendous, every man
watching the jungle in front nf the bcaters
Presently something moves il Il zig gag,
then another and another.
"sOunder' family of Pigs, whispers
some one. and scarcely is the word spoken
when, III answer to the noise Of the Lcaters,
and particularly, l should say, to that pro-
CUced by a gentleman with cracked horn,
which Is nearly piercing and disrO-dant
as White Star siren, the whole sounder
bursts almost simultaneously irto view.
Away TO the right goes the boar AT :. three
cornered canter, and three of the pig-stick-
erS are already after him. His family, con-
sisting of TWO sows and whole drove of
squeakers tpigs under three years old, have
scattered ia wild confusion over the ulr-n
and are scampering off as best they can to
the shelter of a distant nullah bed. Mean
time the old tusker is popping along in
front of his pursuers. and, quite aware of
the game of follow your leade-, in s1hich
he Is forced To become al unwilling partIc!-
pator, he chooses out the worst locality he
can.
Away they go. The major or an Arat,
mare leads the three spaI.S, he Is followed
a length behind by the deputy commissions
or, and subaltern on a WHler brings up
the rear 1t is n among the three
for the honor of first spear Ito whom pig
EE'S tuSbpS will nd e. Iolf ~
positions remain unchangsl. cxcsp. that
the Waller draws up n little on his leaders
Ihe boar is going well, AMI they pe1t after
him. heli-fOr leather, and 50 mold ON for
another hundred yards Then thzy draw
in upon the quarry.
He is making for patch Of lance grass
and If ne succeeds in reaching It he will
not readily be dislodged again He still
has some way To go. and with every no
ment the three riders are closing III and Up
They get a better view of him as thu
thunder along. and note with sa5isfaCti IN
that he IS Il well-grown blast. And now the
Deputy commissioner, a lightweisnt and
vel! mounted, forges ahead, and 7I,. other
Two seeing that he has an excellent chance
OF spearing, like good sport srnen fall back
Boar and rider are almost level low the
pig being on the off side, and the .3ug spe;, r
hashes out at the tusker's ribs 1t fInds
them, too, trifie high perhaps. but good
thrust, and the boar, maddencd BY pain
turns to battle and vengeance.
He Is fine sight now. Caution is thrown
10 the winds The man or the horse has
hurt him, and they must at Ill costs be
retaiiated upon. The boar charges down
upon them. champing his tushes. the foam
nying from his mouth, every bristIe in his
body erect with fury. The deputy commits
sioner has turned and is gallopiug up to the
attack and his companions are prepared
10 bear their part. The boar IS r,cJ by He
spear again, but the wound is a gIancinP
one and does not stop his rush. though the
broken spear remains sticking In his side
Horse and man come down with a crash
Now Is the time for the others TO make n
diversion. and the subaItern On the WaIcr
cuts In but in his eagerness he aims too
iar lofWaTo ana red seam gapes On the
Beasts shoulder. However. the deputy
commissioner has had time TO rccatn his
feet. The boar, now absolutely maadened
makes again at the urhorsed man and II
ne should reach him. one upward stroke of
MS tushes and his antagonists pig sticking
DAYS viii probably be over forever
But IT is the majors turn 1T last and
swerving his Arab from the direct line he
slips in between the charging boar and his
intended victim. The MAJORS ..,ear s,ants
little. and its keen touch gels pi~gy neat
ly in the center of the back The boar
turns upon his new enemy with n rush hut
his legs give way suddenly. ana he SLOWLY
subsidies TO the ground In the mos. liter
al sense he has died fighting, charging to
the last The majors spear has touched
his spine.
BY and by the beaters ccrc up. the mig
Is swung on pole and carried OF t" camp
while his slayers pass IN 10 fresh sport
II has been estimated that English people
use average OF eight matches each per-
son per day. and annually over /, 100, 600,
100000 are burned. The largest match fac
tory is IN Austria, and each year ii uses
22.0OO pounds of phosphorus, turns out
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