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mond gave them, and the way he shoved some of the 

 more refactory ones with the lead end of his spear made 

 them soon all clear out. This had a very good effect 

 for a long time afterwards, for whenever we used to 

 have a pig-stick the crowd used to fight shy of the tiffin- 

 boxes ! ! ! 



Bob Anderson wanted to get back to Ramnugore 

 with his friends for dinner, so we proposed to beat on 

 our way to that factory. The nearest cover at Sajda- 

 pore is about two miles from the patiale, so we hurried 

 up to it. The cover in question, though very good as 

 regards the number of pigs in it, is far too extensive to 

 be beaten with satisfaction, and we rarely got good 

 sport out of it, except once when we had sixteen elephants 

 and some two-hundred coolies. As soon as we arrived, we 

 put in the elephants and beaters, and rode ahead in case 

 anything should come out. The mahouts shouted that 

 several pigs had gone ahead ; but we could see nothing 

 barring a couple of jackals, who quietly trotted and sat 

 in the open as if interested in the performance going 

 on. All of a sudden there was a crash close to us and 

 out jumped a fine lanky-looking boar, who dashed into 

 the next cover. We followed as well as we could, but 

 this was no easy matter, as the pig was going through 

 thorny bushes while we had to go round. For a few 

 minutes the boar managed to keep ahead till Anderson, 

 having galloped by the open, took his position in a 

 narrow lane or path, and the pig finding himself taken 

 in rear and front made for Anderson who had to make 



