In the Sunk Lands — page 205: what you’re looking at

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188 IN THE SUNK LANDS. CHAPTER XVII. A BEAR HUNT. ‘* | RECKON they’ve done gone an’ done hit this time sure,” yelled Sammy, with difficulty making himself heard above the squealing of the hogs. The men occupied six trees, the trunk of each, as high up as they could reach, being totally devoid of bark and deeply furrowed by the tusks of the enraged porkers. The hogs were of the ‘‘ razor back ” species, with long snouts, legs and lank bodies, and possessed of more rage and voice than meat. They would leap up and snap viciously at the dangling feet of the men in the young pecan trees, in a way that left no doubt as to what they would do if their prey was on the ground. Eomicbooks.c