CHAPTER 111. 

 Thirty-Two Boars in a Meet ! 



The 12th and 13th January, Sancrantie Pooja, saw 

 many a boar being killed ; that was our annual cold 

 weather meet, when I was at Choa. Though a good 

 many were killed every year on the above two days, 

 thirty-two was a rather unprecedented number. 



On the afternoon of the 11th January 188 — Archie 

 Hills, Lord William Beresford, Captain the Honorable 

 Harbord, and Lawrie Johnstone got four boars on their 

 way to the meet; two being very good pigs, one of whom 

 gave a little bit of excitement as he had to be polished 

 off on foot in some aeree. Aeree or rahar, is a tall-grow- 

 ing crop growing to the height of seven and eight feet, 

 the beans of which are used by the natives as dall. 



Of the above four boars Hills got two first spears, 

 Lord William one, and Johnstone one. 



I had made arrangements for a party of at least 

 twenty. The Nawab had very kindly lent me all I re- 

 quired in the way of tents, furniture, &c, &c. I had 

 two big tents put up, one as a mess, and the other a 

 sleeping tent for those who could get no accommoda- 

 tion in the house. 



