. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . nt excitement tothe sentinel guns above. Such and kindred moments areworth months of ordinary life. The actual scene of war lay some half-mile below,hence no immediate issue was probable or expected ; thencame a crashing of the brushwood on my front, anda three-parts-grown boar dashed straight for the narrowpass where the writer barred the way. The suddennessof the encounter was disconcerting, and the first shot wasa miss, the bullet, all but grazing his back and splashing 30 WILD SPAIN. on the grey r
. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . nt excitement tothe sentinel guns above. Such and kindred moments areworth months of ordinary life. The actual scene of war lay some half-mile below,hence no immediate issue was probable or expected ; thencame a crashing of the brushwood on my front, anda three-parts-grown boar dashed straight for the narrowpass where the writer barred the way. The suddennessof the encounter was disconcerting, and the first shot wasa miss, the bullet, all but grazing his back and splashing 30 WILD SPAIN. on the grey rock beyond, and time barely remained to jmnpaside to avoid collision. The left barrel told with bettereffect: a stumble as he received it, followed by a franticgrunt as an ounce of lead penetrated his vitals, and thebeast plunged headlong among the brushwood, his life-blood dyeing the weather-blanched rocks and dark greenpalmettos. There for a moment he lay, kicking and groan-ing; but ere the cold steel could administer a quietus, he Whether that regained his legs and dashed straight back. A STRAIGHT CHARGE. charge was prompted by revenge, or was mereh an effortto regain the thickets he had just left, matters not; for athird bullet, at two yards distance, laid him lifeless. During this interlude, though it had only occupied a fewmoments, the main combat below was approaching itsclimax. The old boar had at length left his hold, andafter sundry sullen stands and promiscuous skirmisheswith the hounds, he took to flight. Showing first on thecentre, he was covered for some seconds by a 450 express ;
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