b KEMlNISCENCES OF PIG-STICKING. 



head, are often put up in fields where damage is being 

 done; but piggy very soon finds out what it is, and to 

 show his contempt actually rubs himself against the 

 dummy or turns it over ! ! ! 



I shall conclude the first chapter of My Reminiscences 

 by giving a few notes as to the size of the boars, their 

 tusks, &c, &c, 



A good deal has been said and written about the size 

 of pigs in the old Oriental Sporting Magazine. It was 

 not very uncommon hearing sportsmen writing about 

 having killed 40" and 42" boars. Now, my experience 

 goes over a period of some twenty years, during which 

 time I have seen over four hundred boars killed, and, of 

 course, all the biggest ones were measured, and here are 

 some of their measurements. — 



Seven ...38^ Thirteen ...37J" 



Nine ...38" Thirty-three ...37 // 



At the end of My Reminiscences, I have appended a 

 list of all the pigs killed, with the names or initials of the 

 owners of first spears; and as most of the big pigs' 

 measurements are given in it, I need not enter into a 

 lengthy detail anent these in my present chapter. Of 

 course, a good deal depends on how pigs are measured; 

 I dare say the sportsmen of old measured from the tip 

 of the hoof to the centre of the back instead of from the 

 inside of the hoof. 



M. Ferguson, who, barring Archie Hills and a few 

 others, killed as many boars as any one else in the dis- 

 trict, told me that when out pig-sticking at Deican Serai 



