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the Lushai expeditions, he was to have a pig all to him- 

 self. As the line advanced we could see several pigs 

 come out of the patiale and sneak into the jungle round 

 the old tank. All of a sudden a fine grey-looking boar 

 appeared at the edge of the patiale, looking rather 

 anxiously behind at the noise going on, when off went 

 one of the guns and away goes the boar, evidently- 

 making for Gozneepore village. As we were hidden 

 behind trees he could not see us, and he was soon fol- 

 lowed by another boar, a rather smallish one, just the 

 thing for Reily's left hand. As soon as we saw the pigs 

 were at a safe distance, the order to ride was given ; of 

 course most of us going after the big boar, leaving 

 Reily, Faulder and a couple of the Nawabs to follow 

 the smaller one. 



Our grey-looking friend was far from being fast, and 

 was too fat and lusty to fight well and, strange to add, 

 was also wanting in the pluck of his kind. On seeing 

 us getting near he turned round and merely stood wait- 

 ing, and when Wilson hit him over the forehead he 

 merely shook his grizzly head, but though not active he 

 tried by every means to avoid the encounter and, finally, 

 as he lay down to die, it was with long drawn groans. 

 This was an immense boar of great size and beauty, but 

 showed no fight or pluck and was easily killed. He 

 stood over 37" and had on him a coating of mud nearly 

 a quarter of an inch thick. 



As we were riding back we met Reily, he was beam- 

 ing all over, and was accompanied by a score or so of 



