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A peepul tree (Ficus religiosus) was spotted not far 

 away, and as soon as we got there the tiffin-boxes were 

 taken down from the back of the elephants, and the 

 good things spread on horses' blankets looked more 

 appetizing than on the finest damask table-cloths. 



Tiffin over, and the horses having been fed and water- 

 ed, a move was made towards Gozneepore village; but, 

 strange to say, some of the best covers of the day were 

 beaten, not a pig did we see. By threeo' clock we were 

 back to the patiale. The elephants and coolies were 

 shoved in, and, after a good deal of tom-toming and 

 shouting, a good-sized boar was seen to come out and 

 make for the preserve or new patiale. Lord William, on 

 a brown waler — "Arthur," the winner of the previous 

 year's Trades or Ganges Cup — took him at a racing 

 pace and was soon alongside ; the boar being hard-pressed 

 fell flat on his side and escaped being speared. Turn- 

 ing round Lord Beresford met him, and though the pig 

 dropped dead, he just managed to cut the horse, though 

 not very badly. Three more pigs broke about the same 

 time : one got away, but the other two were killed. 

 Captain Harbord getting the spear of one and Archie 

 the other. These last two boars were rather small, and 

 brought the number of killed during the day to fourteen— 

 not a bad day's work — and as we rode home, we thought 

 we well deserved the fizz and soda that awaited us. 



Most of us wanted to turn in early as we felt rather 

 tired, but had some difficulty in getting rid of a local 

 Zemindar — -a Young Bengal — who had come to pay hi3 



