Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . aving captured two baby-porkersand a sow—we could now honourably return home. The sow, after being disembowelled, was placed inthe pack-saddle of a donkey ; and then, with pipe and THE BOAR HUNT. 87 song, and men ilnnciiig in iVoiit, \vu proceeded back toMogador, our return from the chase being haihd byadmiring crowds. In all fairness, however, it must be said that boar-hunts at Mogador were not by any means always suchas I have described. On another occasion I had an opportunity of seeingthe skill that could be brought to b
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . aving captured two baby-porkersand a sow—we could now honourably return home. The sow, after being disembowelled, was placed inthe pack-saddle of a donkey ; and then, with pipe and THE BOAR HUNT. 87 song, and men ilnnciiig in iVoiit, \vu proceeded back toMogador, our return from the chase being haihd byadmiring crowds. In all fairness, however, it must be said that boar-hunts at Mogador were not by any means always suchas I have described. On another occasion I had an opportunity of seeingthe skill that could be brought to bear in tracking adangerous boar for hours together, and the final terrificbattle when the brute was brought to bay—a trulydemoniacal scene of ferocity—the grizzly father oftusks, firm as a rock in the midst of his worryingenemies, tossing them aside as a dog would toss a rat,gashing them with horrid wounds, now and then break-ing through the howling cordon, to be once morebrought to bay, and finally to receive a bullet, and so,fighting to the last, fall BRASS TUAV, M(ir,\tMIR. ( 88 CHAPTER VIII. THROUGH SHIEDMA TO SAFFI. At length everything was ready for our final mules had all been secured, real bargains, andwere declared to be the best of their hybrid kind atthe price. We were equally congratulated on our good luck insecuring such prizes as the great hulking camel andthe diminutive donkey, which completed our stud ofanimals. All our servants were the most trustworthy, the mostintelligent, the most honest, the most superlativelyeverything, in short, that was virtuous in Mogadorservants, and nobody had ever before gone forth tothe wilds of the interior so well provided with menand animals. We could not but congratulate our-selves, and set out with a light heart. Still, travel in Morocco was a new experience to me,and our future success would depend so much on thesort of men we had, that we did not think it wise tostart straight for the interior before w
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