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had a look round. As the line came to an end, a fine- 

 looking boar jumped out, but on seeing us he broke 

 back again into the patiale. The mahouts told us that 

 there were any amount of pigs in the place, but as the 

 line was too thin they were all breaking back ; how- 

 ever, as we were determined to get something out, we 

 again ordered a beat, this time from east to west, and 

 also gave instructions to use the guns that were on the 

 elephants if necessary. Instead of riding ahead we 

 followed the line, of course, keeping outside the patiale. 

 When we had gone about half the distance, a regular 

 sounder broke and made for the village, where it was 

 impossible to think of riding after them, and out of 

 this lot we counted at least four boars, two of them good- 

 sized ones. Once more we sent in the beaters, and be- 

 gan to beat our way towards the east, and had gone 

 a short distance, when some of the spectators began 

 shouting they could see a pig swimming across the Ml. 

 Looking carefully, we did see something, but it was too 

 far to say what it was, though there was no doubt that 

 the object, whatever it was, was moving or swimming. 

 I forgot to mention that, just below the smaller patiale, 

 there is a bil about a mile or so long and, perhaps, a 

 little less broad. To satisfy ourselves as to what the 

 black-looking thing we had seen was, we quietly rode 

 round to the opposite side, giving instructions to the 

 elephants to come across through the water. When 

 we got to the other side, the object, whatever it may 

 have been, had disappeared, and we believed it to be 

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