Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-05

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 II was bear h,lting in the thicket along the west border of Lake Cata- houla and the dogs had brought a big fellow to bay twice, with the result that of the six dogs l had started out with had but one left, and the bear was still at large l kept on bis trail. however, not yet having had q shot at him, and was in the depths of the thick ct when q wild boar, with a snort that brought ne up all standing. rose from some hidden resting place of his not tell feet away aud confronted me with bristles erect and his long tusks gIis- teniHg on each siGe of his snout
 My lone dog was E0t a hog dog, and with recollection perhaps Of Juggling the ear of some lazy, tame old sow at home he sprang upon the boar before could give him restraining word. The mad hog received him with one vicious lunge of his big head.
 "Ihe next instant the dog was crash ing through the brush. ripped open from his flank to his throat by the boar's >eAE"' AAS saw e NNlp. q 6bSlJ dilNA q kick and joined his five companions that had fallen before the bear.
 'The boar had not raised his head from this thrust at the dog when fired at him. He fell, but was up again in second and charged me on three legs, my bullet having had no other effect than to break one of bis fore legs
 Ia ' could not fire again before he was upon me. 1 evaded the full force of his charge by quick jump 10 one side One of the enraged brute's long tusks was thrust through my trousers leg between the ankle and the knee, and with 8 quick upward jerk of his head the boar tore the cloth open nearly to my waist. I could feel the cold rush of the tusk all the way up my leg, but the thrust had fortunately not been deep enough to enter the flesh.
 'The boar had gone 8 pace or two beyond me in his rush, but turned and was coming at ne again before l had recovered from the jar of his other as- sault. I fired, however, but the bullet only seraped his hide, close as lie was to ne.
 Il had in my belt a long bladed sharp knife, which l used more ill the WHY of cutting vines and tangled moss and the like to make passage through the denser parts of the covers that characterize that region as a weapon. Dropping my gun. which was of no service to me ill those close quarters, 1 drew the knife. and, dancing about to escape the rushes of the hog, 1 sank the knife blade into him at every op- portuHity.
 This was wearying work, for, al though the boar was soon covered with the blood that followed my knife thrusts and the froth that fell from his jaws was dyed with blood, he showed no signs of weakness, while was rap idly approaching exhaustion from the constant exertion the persistent fight ing of the boar made necessary. cer- tainly could not have held out much longer if the wild hog had kept up his assaults, but suddenly noticed that he faltered, and at last he retired to one side of the opening, where with low cred head and glaring eyes he champed his red frothed jaws.
 II paused little while for breath and then cautiously picked up my gun. The boar eyed me fiercely, but did not move toward me I sent a bullet be- hind his ear ss he stood there champ ing
 "He raised his big head, turned as if to rush upon me again and fell dead in his tracks Covered with his blood and my own and my clothing in tatters, took the shortest way homeward, leav- ing the carcass to the buzzards.
 "I spoke of my dog not being hog dog If he had been one he wouldn't have jumped at that boar. The hog dogs of Catahoula are unique.
 "They are of no particular breed, but they serve a valuable purpose to the Catahoula wild hog killer. When the native hunter goes out after pork he constructs a roomy log corral in a To- cality where signs of his game are un- mistakable.
 'The dog Is sent into the woods to rout out the .drQve of. wild hoRa- HA