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was spearing his own horse though, fortunately, not 

 badly. The boar, who must have been also rather aston- 

 ished at the reception he got from the horse, very soon 

 changed his tactics and made a furious charge at the 

 Major, who managed to get in a good spear, and this 

 was soon followed by another from Wilson, which sent 

 the boar on his haunches and, keeping up a dignified 

 front to the last, he died as he had lived : Sans peur et 

 sans reprovhe 11 ! This was a very well-made boar and 

 had a pair of splendid tushes and stood 34". 



The rest of the party who had gone after the sounder 

 had managed to kill two boars out of the three in the 

 lot : Ferguson getting the first spear of the bigger one, 

 32", and Gibson of the other one, 30". 



We had a grilling hot morning, so iced drinks were 

 very acceptable after every gallop. 



The line which had halted after we had gone on with 

 the pigs now resumed beating, and the inhabitants of 

 the patiale, who had got accustomed to the row, let the 

 line advance right up to the end before thinking of 

 moving. One of the elephants roared and charging 

 ahead drove out a huge boar, who, with tail and bristle 

 erect, evidently came out in a very bad humour ; he 

 was soon followed by at least another ten or twelve pigs, 

 but unfortunately all sows or youngsters. We let our 

 angry customer get well away, and he must have gone 

 a quarter of a mile or so when we began riding 

 him. On seeing us he pulled up as if eager to draw the 

 sword ; but his heart must have failed him. The sight 



