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Title: The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882 Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
Subjects: Hunting Game and game-birds
Publisher: London, New York : T. Nelson and Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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-tunities offered to them of destroying these dangerousparasites. As soon as one of them discovers the trunkof a tree which appears to be frequented by his enemies,he organizes a hunt of the most amusing though dan-gerous description. To ensure its success, heavy rain, or,at all events, a thick fog, is necessary ; for, as a rule,peccaries do not quit their asylum in bad weather. Halfan hour before daybreak, the hunter, armed with a car-bine and numerous cartridges, lies in ambush oppositethe entrance of their customary retreat. There, concealedfrom every eye, he waits until there is liglit enough toenable him to fire. The moment he can discern thepiercing eyes of the peccary posted as sentinel, in whoserear the entire herd lies asleep, he shoulders his gun,takes careful aim, and lets go the trigger. The shottakes effect. The peccary springs from the tree, andsinks on the ground in the convulsions of death. The hunter has scarcely time to reload his piece before VICTIM UPON VICTIM. 179
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CONCEALED FKOM EVERY EYE, HE WAITS. a subterranean growling becomes audible, and anotherpair of eyes glare at the opening which, a few minutesbefore, was occupied by the sentinel. A second dis-charge, and another victim; and thus the slaughter con-tinues to the twentieth, and even to the thirtieth,—unless, indeed, one of the animals, excited by the fre-quent explosions, does not wait for the impending blow,but makes a dash towards the hunter, followed by allthe other survivors; in which case there remains for thehunter but one resource,—to fly with all speed, andclamber up the first tree within his reach. If, during the fusillade, the sentinel-peccary lies deadin the trunk of the tree, obstructing the opening, theanimal behind it pushes forward the inert mass with hisshoulder, until he clears the passage. These animals,being ignorant of the danger, and not knowing whenceit arises, are utterly fearless, and spring forth boldly, 180 A VISIT TO CANNEY CREEK. from the first to the las

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