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either the head of an alligator, or a bird swimming. 

 Close to the edge there was a kind of rush growing a 

 foot or so out of the water ; and we waited anxiously 

 for the elephants to come up to it ; and when they did 

 come up, out jumped a splendid boar ; being disturbed 

 he came floundering through the mud and water, and 

 no sooner he got on tei*ra firma than he made for the 

 nearest village jungle. When we saw him jump up, we 

 went and hid ourselves as well as we could behind some 

 babool trees. Master piggy was considerably surprised 

 on seeing us, but as the nearest cover was at least a 

 mile or so away he had not much of a chance ; he, how- 

 ever, went his best for a short distance, but being very 

 fat and lusty he was soon pumped, and not caring to be 

 blown any longer he gave a few jinks and came into 

 Hills who missed him ; Drummond who was following 

 gettting the spear. Evans got a good second spear ; 

 but though a very fine boar, he had very little fight in 

 him and was very slow. He was so tough that the- 

 spears would not go in, and after a good deal of prod- 

 ding, Hills managed to spear him in a vital part and to 

 finish him. This pig measured a little over 37" and had 

 shields on him like a small rhinoceros. 



This was a little satisfactory bit of work after our 

 first disappointment with the patiale, and as it was close 

 on to one o'clock a move was made to where we had left 

 the tiffin-boxes ; and when we got to it, we found a 

 large crowd collected who had come, I suppose, to see 

 how the sahibs eat ; but the warm reception that Drum- 



