AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1753, 30 August 1917, Page 3

AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.

YOUTHS LOSE TIIETJ? WAY. Two youths bad an exciting and unenviable experience while pighunting in the Thames district recently. They shot a pig on the second day, and on their return with their prize lost their way about .-oven miles from (own. After many vain endeavours to ascertain their position, they eventually found themselves hack where they had killed the pig. By this lime, night was coming on, and with the rain falling they were wet through. Here they stayed for (he night. With the inlen.se cold the boys could not control the chattering ot their teeth. Per a bed they had the bare ground and half a side of pork for a pillow. They forgot lo Aviml the only watch they possessed, but managed to guess the time within five minutes. One lad discarded his boots, hut retained the pig, and after a while the wanderers found the right track. They reached a settlement about 11.30 a.in., having boon without food since the preceding morning. The next day they resumed their journey homo. For two miles one boy Avalked without; bools. He then found an old sack, and made rude bpots to lessen the pain of his feet. Both boys were in a sorry plight on reaching Thames, but soon recovered from the effects of their exposure.