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the village, and Archie and Drummond, who had 

 remounted, had to give him two more spears before 

 killing him. Old Archie always spoke of him as the 

 " resurrection boar." I suppose the spear had gone 

 into a rather more painful than vital part and prevented 

 the pig from moving ; that he would eventually have 

 died, I have no doubt, but still this shows what a won- 

 derful amount of vitality there was in him. 



By the time we got to the factory it was quite dark. 

 The four boars measured as under, and it was rare sport 

 we had, for not only did we kill four perfect monsters, 

 but what was also very satisfactory was that we did not 

 put up either a single sow or smaller boar. These four 

 old grizzly veterans must have been the lords and 

 masters of those grass fields ! ! 



2 boars ... ... 38£ in. high. 



1 boar ... ... 38 ,, 



1 boar ... ... 37 „ 



After having talked a good deal, and dreamt a little 

 about the four grizzly old veterans, we were up very 

 early next morning. Archie Hills is one of the earliest 

 risers I have come across, in fact he is uncomfortably 

 so, for in the hot weather after four, and in the cold 

 weather after five o'clock, there is no sleep in the house, 

 if he has anything to do with the shikar. Bob Ander- 

 son was also a very early bird. By half-past five o'clock 

 we were on the move ; our plan for the day was to hunt 

 some new grass country, and wind up with the patiale. 



