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FIRST QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY MEET. 89 



To be on the safe side we removed the liquor-boxes to 

 another tree further away, where we finished our drink 

 and refreshed ourselves undisturbed. 



A dust-storm about this time coming up was very- 

 acceptable, as it cooled the atmosphere considerably. 

 There being no more pigs left in the patiale except, per- 

 haps, a stray or refractory old boar, we decided to beat 

 the jungles round the tank and ordered the elephants and 

 beaters to come out of the patiale. We divided the line 

 now into two, half to beat the east and the other half the 

 west bank, but both lines to beat simultaneously and 

 work their way from north to south. As soon as we 

 had taken up our positions the line advanced. By the 

 moving and shaking of the jungle we could see pigs 

 were going ahead, a few of the more bolder ones coming 

 out in the open, and disappearing a little nearer to us. 

 A big seemul or cotton tree seemed to be the place where 

 all the pigs were making for. Both lines had now come 

 up to the south bank but, barring a couple of sows that 

 had came out and gone in the village, nothing further 

 had broken. To the heavy cover round the seemul tree 

 both lines now converged. The jungle was very thick, 

 so progress was slow, most of the beaters had to remain 

 outside. The elephants advanced slowly, using their 

 heads and trunks to crush in and tear up the mountains 

 of obstacles — bang, bang, goes off a couple of shots, the 

 shouting and yelling increases — Gelo ! gelol jatahai, 

 jatahai ! Gone ! gone ! and away go a score or so of 

 pigs, half unfortunately breaking back in the village. 



