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not only by paces, but even by feet ; then wiped the 

 sweat from his brow and the blood from his hands ; 

 he then winded his horn, which brought up Dunois 

 and several attendants, whose compliments he 

 received on the slaughter of such a noble animal, 

 without scrupling to appropriate a much greater 

 share of merit than actually belonged to him ; for he 

 mentioned Durward's assistance as slightly as a 

 sportsman of rank, who, in boasting of the number 

 of birds which he has bagged, does not always dilate 

 upon the presence and assistance of the gamekeeper. 



Sir Walter Scott. 



Pig-Sticking in India <^ o <^ 



HOG-HUNTING is the king of sports. Fox- 

 hunting in England is all very well — a mob 

 of pretty dogs, yow-yowing musically after a poor 

 little beast that is only too glad to escape if he can. 

 The only excitement is the gallop and the jumps, 

 the raspers, flying over a brook or tumbling into 

 it ; and perhaps, after losing the poor vermin, the 

 sportsman, on a cold winter evening, discovers 

 himself miles from home, on a jaded horse, a cold 

 sleety shower driving in his face. Still, when he 

 finds himself at his own fireside, he expatiates on 

 the "glorious sport" he has had. Glorious sport, 

 indeed ! The hypocrite ! let him go to India and 

 try a turn or two at hog-hunting. Put him on 

 a good horse, place in his hand a sharp, nicely- 

 balanced seven-foot spear, and station him just inside 

 the edge of the jungle, with a bit of open before him. 

 Let him hear the elephants coming, trumpeting, 

 and the beaters giving their warning cry ; let him 

 see the sounder break cover, and get into the 

 open J then let him gallop after them, and with 



