. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . w her on any longer,she had stopped of course ; I therefore laid hold ofthe remaining end of the pigs tail, and led the oldbeast home without any farther trouble on my part,and without any reluctance or apprehension on thepart of the helpless old animal. Terrible as these wild sows are, yet more fierceand dangerous are the boars, one of which I hadonce the misfortune to meet in a forest, unpreparedfor attack or defence. I retired behind an oak-tree, BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 29 just when the furious animal levelled a side-blow atme, with s
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . w her on any longer,she had stopped of course ; I therefore laid hold ofthe remaining end of the pigs tail, and led the oldbeast home without any farther trouble on my part,and without any reluctance or apprehension on thepart of the helpless old animal. Terrible as these wild sows are, yet more fierceand dangerous are the boars, one of which I hadonce the misfortune to meet in a forest, unpreparedfor attack or defence. I retired behind an oak-tree, BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 29 just when the furious animal levelled a side-blow atme, with such force that his tusks pierced throughthe tree, by which means he could neither repeatthe blow nor retire. Ho, ho! thought I, I shallsoon have you now; and immediately I laid holdof a stone, wherewith I hammered and bent histusks in such a manner, that he could not retreatby any means, and must wait my return from thenext village, whither I went for ropes and a cart, tosecure him properly, and to carry him off safe andalive, in which I perfectly 30 ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF (Klurpti^v |aur.
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