44 REMINISCENCES OF PIG-STICKING. 



By the time tiffin was over the pigs who objected to 

 being burnt or scorched were seen running all over 

 the place, some getting into the village, while others 

 took to the open country. We were soon in the saddle 

 again, but there were no more parties now. We all 

 made for what looked like the biggest pig in the dis- 

 tance ; but after a ride of a couple of miles, Ferguson 

 who was the first to come up, was seen to swerve off, 

 and, of course, we knew it was a sow. Soon after this we 

 saw another pig standing in the shade of a plum or cool 

 tree (jujuba vulgaris). He allowed us to get pretty near, 

 when away he went with a few big bounds. We saw 

 at once it was a boar; after going for about half a mile, 

 piggy, who objected being ridden any further, turned 

 sharp round and came into Hills, who missed him as his 

 horse shied. The boar then made for Ferguson who hit 

 him over the head, the spear not penetrating the hard 

 skull ; but this must have given him a bad headache, as 

 he kept shy of the spears. Lyall got second spear, and 

 soon after old Hills, with his " sudden death " method, 

 put him out of his pains. This was a young boar, very 

 black, with a good pair of tushes and measured 31". 



Scarcely had this last pig been killed, than we saw 

 another coming from the patiale towards us ; we went 

 down the bed of a dry khal so as to show ourselves as 

 little as possible ; the pig quietly came on, till, seeing 

 us, he made for a small village about a mile away ; as 

 he had not had much of a start, he was soon caught up, 

 Hills giving him a prod from behind. The pig being 



