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ates some national disaster. The Jodhpore Eaja ranks 

 below His Highness of Oodeypore, and the latter having 

 appropriated the Sun, the Jodhpore family is obliged to 

 content itself with the Moon for an ancestor. 



Wednesday.— Early this morning Alan went pig-sticking 



with the Archduke's party. At first they waited as usual at 



daybreak for the homeward-bound boar, and then there was 



a drive of all the hills around on a large scale, with several 



thousand beaters. They had wonderfully good sport, getting 



many good runs, and altogether spearing twenty-six large 



boars. Three or four horses and one man were cut by their 



tushes. A charging boar got right under Alan's horse, and 



remained for half a minute, moving him up and down like 



a boat at sea. The poor horse bounded and plunged, and at 



last kicked itself free. Directly the boar was killed they 



looked at the horse, expecting to find it badly injured, but 



except for a few scratches it was little the worse. 



Thursday.— We left Jodhpore by the 2 p.m. train, and 

 very nearly missed it. It had already started, and we should 

 have been left behind if Sir Pertab Singh's aide-de-camp had 

 not ridden after the express and brought it back. Fancy 

 galloping after the " Wild Irishman " or " Flying Scotchman " 

 on such a quest, or any cpiest at all ! 



