RIPPED BY A WILD BOAR.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11701, 10 March 1902, Page 3

RIPPED BY A WILD BOAR.

t Ma°n from PaW nutted to the Gisbo- other day suffering irr- by a fe oar ' a tuS \ C !v gh vn^ it up -«f the leg, and badly, tipped hV P ' fte Maori had gonte out Alone on ' wTt& gun and dog.- Pe left ?5& %cPfe at th 3 track, .and took tfcV rt&g of a pig-. - ,fb\ ? og ; V-n« 'Vl&ad and baisc%(J;. A?d the. Maon -WMliking fliat- the dog Vaa f 'tfte ( .i»g W;#..*® 4 : in.,- the diw&'tion of, :th'e > bot. wi,awar>es th® man 'suddenly cM&% «paa.-tn_ pig /in tte fern, and befoi% be .had.-time to hiis gun jor the pig rushed at,' Ijjtft, caught him jibt>Ve the foot and 'ihrew him, tHeh, passfflg on. The man '/trafl to rise, but fouiia that, he could not, ( lie -called the. dog,' which soon went in | -chase of the bbat, and kept it engaged I Until the native, who had crawled round | ! -near 'the /pig, /i?ot a chance and shot the : Tjoar dea<J Avith a behind the ear. ! 'T'h'fe native, who was in great agony from his injuries, was in a sa'd plight. inere | hope of obtaining assistance, and ' all the man could do was to crawl through. ! the b"sh towards his horse, which was a I Considerable distance away. _ However, as the shades of niglit were falling the plucky fellow was successful, and managed to mount the animal. Then, though profusely bleeding at the time, he rode to his home, and next day was driven to the hospital. A peculiar fact in conffec-; tion with the case is that even when the; native was in dive agony be sought to cut out the tusks of the animal bv way of grim satisfaction in regard to the injuries lie had himself sustained ; he was too weak to wreak his venprpance in this way, b'lt declares that he will yet procure those tusks.