The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-18

joiced by the sound of two heavy u
mails moving slowly through the he
est. There was no doubt from IN
noise Of cracking sticks and d,
rustling of dead leaves, that tM
boars were coming "leisurely throua
the wood. roofing up the ground q
the way. They actually passed
wind of us and within thirty yards
where we sat, breathlessly waiting bs
hind dwarf spruce tree, but so dens
was the thicket at this point ht
neither of us could detect a move
ment in the brushwood. We had
however, the consolation of KNOWN
the boars were making in stragh
line for where s. was sitting, AID
would probably afford him chance
shot. Then all was silent again ID
a while, until suddenly a rifle shd
echoed from hill to hill, and va
quickly followed by another. Fnd
with great expectations, we pusha
our way through the brushwood
where we found s. using decided
strong language, and ruefully regat
ing the blaze on small sapling Wild
showed where his first bullet h
struck, and thus proved the means
saving a big boar's life, since seca1
barrel at running pig in such del
timber was naturally hopeless.
for vain regrets and lost opport1
ties, 1t is always thus with the
heads, or the monster fish, which
lose; and s., who had seen WI
boars in many lands, declared
this was indeed big one. Since
shots had probably cleared the nea
borhood of game for time, we wen
ed our way back to camp.
At two o'clock next morning
were astir, and after a someVh
early breakfast took up our posita1
on the hillside, long before the risl
sun appeared. Several hours waitll9
and more battles with mosqulo
yielded no sign of boars. Finally
forester persuaded us to climb to %
mountain top, where we could tai
up positions while he and his ASST
ant would walk along the hillsides
attempt to move. some bears Wnl'
might make for the higher ground
We had not been waiting long
fore a fox trotted up to within 10
feet of my position and remain
listening for a while, until final!
was allowed to pass on his way
molested. Soon afterward from
below in the valley came wild sn@
from one forester, and it afterwa
transpired that two very big DOW
had jumped up close to him and u
en- back In the wrong direction
a short time the man himself arm
breathless from a steep climb anu
planned as best he could that De
seen a boar go into a thicket below
and thought it might be posslOs,
get a shot at him. Although fee
very dubious about our chance Oh
ing the boar again, l was inducsu
follow the forester in wild scrSu
down a steep hillside, falling ~
rocks, and into punches OF Dram"
or nettles. as we went. Flnan'
reached spot at which the sew
forester had been keeping observe.
on the place where the boar nau :
seen, and shortly after enterins
thicket this man seized my arm :,
pointing to some dark object unu.,
tree said, in Roumanian. Pig suJ
Now, the object in question asi
have been rock, pig or an,s
else, but it surely was no part ..s,l
tree, and although it IS Su y. n
against my principles to Shoot ~ nj
thing unless can clearly dls'u =,
what the object is, ! decided " a
this rule once, and so fired ,nn
enough, it was a boar. but inc "a, IN
only grazed his side, CAUSING 80
Jump forward into an open spa d
tween two trees. Alas! poor ps,
was fatal, for second later su'
bullet passed through his neS ~
nv flrst Roumanian boar lay y
ground.