28 t REMINISCENCES OE PIG-STICKING* 



soon remounted his horse after he had got across, and 

 by the time the rest of the party had come round by the 

 bridge the pig had already been speared twice : the 

 second time the spear breaking in the pig. The boar 

 when speared made for some plum bushes ; but instead 

 of going inside he stood at bay in front of one of them. 

 Lord William, whose spear was broken, was standing a 

 few paces off. Piggy, seeing the other riders coming, 

 thought it was time to clear out, so made straight for 

 the river which was not very far off. Hills, who knew 

 the line of country, got between the boar and the water ; 

 seeing his retreat cut off the pig charged into Archie, 

 who dropped him dead with a good spear behind the 

 shoulder. While this pig was being killed, two others 

 had broken out of the same patch of grass, Captain 

 Harbord, Johnstone, Stocks, Lyall and myself going after 

 one, and the Nawabs after the smaller of the two. 



The one we went after made straight for the patiales ; 

 but the way he was hustled from the first made him 

 turn towards a neighbouring village for shelter. Cap- 

 tain Harbord raced him along a broad ael and very 

 nearly came to grief, as the pig would not get out of the 

 way, and the horse bowled him over just as he was being 

 speared. While we were killing this pig the Nawabs, 

 who had gone after the other one, had also succeeded in 

 killing it : the Sultan Saheb getting first spear and hav- 

 ing afterwards, I believe, to do the whole of the killing. 



Three pigs having been accounted for in less than half 

 an hour a move was again made towards the grass. The 



