70 EEMINISCEKCES OF PIG-STICKING. 



saint of all pig-stickers and shikarees, was going to favour 

 us from above ! ! ! 



As I said before we could only muster a few coolies ; 

 but luckily for us we had two small dogs with us — very 

 small dogs indeed — for " Trixie," the fox-terrier, was a 

 wee thing that you might have put in the pocket of your 

 overcoat ; the other, "Thomas," was a little bigger; and 

 these two little doggies were of more use to us than all 

 our Aryan bipeds put together. 



We first tried some patches of gehema, but though 

 we found lots of traces and old bansas the soors were 

 evidently not at home. However, to make sure, we rode 

 into the tall crops ; the only benefit we got by it was to 

 have our garments torn, our hats taken off, and got very 

 nearly knocked off our horses. 



We next made [for some scrub jungle, and some of the 

 thorny bushes were rather heavy ; but the dogs could 

 easily creep in by passages or runs made by the pigs 

 and other wild animals. The first two or three we tried 

 we found deserted, but at the third, a bigger bush, the 

 dogs got excited as if they had scented something ; but did 

 not care to go in. Little " Trixie " on seeing us got her 

 courage up and gradually sneaked in and disappeared 

 in the jungle : as soon as she gave tongue there was a 

 commotion in the bush, and out rushed a fair-seized 

 boar. Morey, on a grey Cabulli, was soon after him, and 

 it is as well he did so, as the horse he was on was far 

 from being fast, and it was only by sheer hard riding 

 that he managed to get alongside the boar, who had 



