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malayu !" " Quick ! quick !" and when I came in sight they were pointing their tombas towards the jungle, to which a boar, after he had been hunted by the dogs for some time, was fast beating his retreat.

But why weary the reader Avith a further de- scription of a kind of sport the full excitement and delight of which none but those who have joined in it can imagine ? Suffice it to say, we did not return till evening, when we were qiiite done up with the heat and fati";ue of the dav, and brought home enough spoil to repay us for our exertions.

Wild boars are numerous in this as in all cane districts ; and Avhilst the canes are ripening they are very destructive and troublesome. At that season the labourers and villagers assemble on appointed days for a battue. Dogs are sent into the different plantations, and the men station tlicm- selves outside in groups of from four to six, armed generally with the tomba, Avith which they strike

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