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elephants, who had stopped beating and were waiting 

 for our return, now made a move forward, and the wav- 

 ing of the red rags soon proclaimed something was afoot. 

 A pig broke out and made for the patiale ; it proved to 

 be a sow, but the Nawabs, who thought it was a boar, 

 amused themselves by chasing it all over the country, till 

 the sow, who thought she had been bothered enough, 

 began in her turn chasing the Nawabs. 



This sow was soon followed by a good-sized boar, who 

 also made for the patiales. Hills, who had started with 

 the pig, took him at a rattling pace, and piggy, who 

 evidently did not understand being shoved in this way, 

 turned sharp round and very nearly brought Hills to 

 grief, but the spear he got prevented him making good 

 his charge, though he left some of the froth from his 

 tusks on Hills' boots. Lord William, who was not far 

 behind, soon came up and rolled over the pig dead. 

 Another boar, a smaller one, had also broken out about 

 the same time : Stocks getting first spear. Five boars 

 having been accounted out of this patch of grass — a 

 rather satisfactory bit of work — a move was made tc« 

 wards the patiales. On our way a very likely cover — 

 some sissoo trees with bushes all round — was beaten. 

 No sooner were the elephants in than out broke a regu- 

 lar sounder; but there was only one fair-sized boar in 

 the lot, the rest being sows and butchas. The boar was 

 soon separated and made for the patiales as fast as his 

 legs could carry him, and he had reasons to use them 

 with a vengeance with the brigade of cavalry after 



