RESURRECTION OF " OUTRAM." 11 



Out after dusk and amused himself by knocking down 

 their stacks of paddy and having a feed at his leisure ! 

 It was between 2 and 3 p.m. before we got to the village ; 

 a few rootings about plainly showed that there were 

 some sorts of pigs about. The village looked very small, 

 though there was a good deal of jungle about. A line 

 was soon made with orders to beat from south to north, 

 the riders taking their position on the east side of the 

 village where the villagers said the boar generally broke 

 from. We never expected much from the small size of 

 the cover ; facts very soon proved, however, that we 

 were mistaken, and had not long to wait. A shot from 

 one of the elephants warned us that something was on 

 the move ; this was soon followed by trumpeting, and 

 the next moment a huge boar appeared on top of a mul- 

 berry field. A charge of shot fired as an inducement to 

 hurry up had the desired effect. But the " Resurrection 

 of Outram," as we christened him afterwards, was in no 

 hurry. After investigating the prospects before him, 

 he quietly trotted to where the riders were, and then on 

 to an open bit of country beyond. For fear of turning 

 him back no one budged or spoke a word. Piggy, after 

 going in the open for a couple of hundred yards or so, 

 stopped, as if not knowing exactly what to do, but he 

 had soon made up his mind. With a look of contempt 

 at the riders, coolies, elephants, &c, he began trotting 

 away, but this only for a short distance ; for he soon in- 

 creased his pace, and seeing the riders were after him, he 

 got across a khal; this balked his followers. " Outram," 



