14 KEMINISOENCES OF PIG-STICKING. 



made straight for his now fast vanishing foe ; and, most 

 likely, Soubha Saheb would have ended his days glori- 

 ously in the field had not Hills seen at once what was 

 about and come to the rescue by riding between the pig 

 and the Nawab. Hills, in calling the attention of the pig 

 to him, saved what, perhaps, would have been a tragic 

 ending. Walking leisurely to a clear bit of ground, he 

 turned round to see what his tormentors were about. 

 Old Hills swearing at his best, and asking us why the 

 devil did we come out if we did not mean to kill the pig, 

 had not much effect ; and as for himself, mounted on 

 True Blue, he was not of much use, and he was of much 

 too generous a nature to ask any one for an exchange of 

 a mount. Major Peacock made an attempt or two to get 

 a spear, but had soon to give up in discomfiture : and now 

 there was the spectacle of a boar standing at bay in a 

 perfectly open bit of country with nine riders, mostly 

 well-mounted, not daring to meet him. " Outram " him- 

 self had scarcely had any run, so was as fresh as paint, and 

 with his splendid tusks showing at least three inches out- 

 side, he was ready to meet any one half-way. The easy 

 way he had knocked down the Nawab and horse was a 

 warning to others to be rather careful. " Outram," seeing 

 no one was ready to meet him, began trotting away, 

 casting back glances now and then at his pursuers to see 

 how far they were keeping from him ! I Old Hills swore 

 that he was far too disgusted to go on any longer, and 

 gave up the chase with the Judge, who for most of the 

 time was quite satisfied looking at piggy through his 



