l'C.s RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



put the Garter above all other orders, because there was no 

 "humbug of merit about it." And somewhat on the 

 same principle I regret Chamba, its lovely scenery, and its 

 absence of all sights. All show places are to me detestable ! 

 I except the respectable old ruins at home, that only serve 

 as an excuse for a picnic, but draw the line when one is 

 dragged about, a mere slave to the guide. 



January 28th. — At three o'clock this morning the 

 Maharaja's carriage came to drive us out to a grass jungle, 

 about eight miles oft", which is the principal Jeypore meet 

 for pig-sticking. "We arrived there before daybreak, and 

 found horses ready waiting. The wild boars take refuge 

 during the daytime in the ravines and broken ground near 

 the river, but at night come out to feed on grain placed for 

 them in the ridable grass land. The riders have to be on 

 the ground by davbreak. and intercept the boars on their 

 way hack to the covers. 



At first it was too dark to see anything, but as the dawn 

 glimmered we made out a huge grey boar trotting quietly 

 home, and not a couple of hundred yards away. I did not 

 take a spear, so Alan had to do all the riding, and the grass 

 being very thick and high, it was rather difficult to keep the 

 boar in sight, Sometimes as we raced along we had nothing 

 to guide us but the ripple of the grass at the top, as the 

 boar galloped through it beneath. This one was a savage 

 old beast, and did not go more than a mile before he turned 



