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I had heard, among other things, of this `torch-hunting, in fact, had read many interesting descriptions of it, but I had never witnessed the sport myself; and was therefore eager, above all things, to join in a torch-hunt. "The opportunity at length offered. A party was made up to go hunting, of which I was one.
"At the same time the bellowing of the bull, mingling with his own loud laugh, convinced me that the hunter had spoken the truth. "He was a good old fellow, and promised to keep dark; but it was necessary to make all right with `Squire Robbins. So the affair soon got wind, and my torch-hunt became, for a time, the standing joke of the settlement."
While we were on the subject of torch-hunting the doctor took up the cue, and gave us an account of a torch-hunt he had made in Tennessee. "I will tell you of a `torch-hunt," said he, "of which pars magna fui, and which ended with a `catastrophe. It took place in Tennessee, where I was for a while sojourning.
Sometimes the fluttering commenced without any apparent cause. Before going to rest, a torch-hunt was proposed by way of variety, but no material for making good torches could be found, and the idea was abandoned. Torches should be made of dry pine-knots, and carried in some shallow vessel. The common frying-pan, with a long handle, is best for the purpose.
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