20 HOG HUNTING. 



once by the horses falling upon them ; and the 

 others, most probably, died from the injuries 

 sustained in the fall, or from suffocation. 



In one of our hunting excursions a young 

 boar about a year old was caught by the dogs 

 and secured alive, being tied neck and heels by 

 the Shikarees, who brought him before the 

 Meer. His Highness called for the dogs, fierce 

 Khorassan boar-hounds, which were brought 

 up ; and the captive being taken about fifty 

 yards to the front, tlie cords were cut, piggy 

 remaining perfectly quiet till he found himself 

 free, when, instead of running away, he made 

 a rush at the Shikaree, who in his flight was so 

 closely pursued that his nether garment was 

 ripped up and an ugly scratch inflicted by the 

 animal's tusk on his seat of honour, but the 

 dogs being luckily slipped in time prevented 

 more serious injury. Some days after this we 

 had a hog hunt of another kind, in which there 

 certainly is considerable danger. It took place 

 in a walled garden of great extent, the wall of 

 which being broken down in some places afford- 

 ed ingress to numerous hogs, who resorted there 

 to feed on the jowaree, which also afforded them 

 good cover. These apertures having been 



