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RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



the foot of the hills were reached they were close to the 

 boars, and in another couple of hundred yards would have 

 speared them. But the broken ground was unridable, and 

 the sounder trotted unmolested up the hill. One old boar, 

 as if aware he was now in safety, calmly faced round, and 

 stood on a projecting rock, regarding them. They managed 

 to scramble their horses up towards him, but he quietly 



" JUST BEYOND OUR CAMP THE HILLS OPEN OUT AND FORM A WIDE 

 CULTIVATED VALLEY." 



walked on to another point of vantage, and they were 

 obliged to confess themselves beaten. On their way back 

 Alan wounded a black buck, breaking its foreleg. They 

 were all on fresh horses, and started to ride after the buck, 

 who was going strongly, and kept up with the rest of the 

 herd. For more than three miles they galloped as hard as 

 their horses could go, but never gained a yard, and, the buck 



