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came upon three Mahomedans who were saying their 

 evening prayers. Their evolutions as they knelt, bent, 

 &c., must have been taken for offensive demonstrations by 

 Mister Pig, who in an instant was among the followers 

 of the Prophet, and he must have taken them by sur- 

 prise as both the men were cut up about the face, and 

 also, according to what the victims related, they were 

 bent low praying, when with a loud hoof ! hoof ! the 

 boar was among them and knocking over two of them 

 went his way. The wounds were not much, but the 

 idea of being knocked over by a soor, while praying 

 to Allah, was something unusual and unheard of ! 



We were rather surprised when we got home to find 

 that the Sikhs had appropriated three of the fattest and 

 biggest pigs. Most of us thought Sikhs were strict 

 Hindoos, especially so, as we had heard them several 

 times during the day call out Ram ! Ram ! but it ap- 

 peared that, according to the Sikh or Kalsa religion, all 

 game are allowable, and wild hogs are included by them 

 in the category of game. 



Barring the few rather amusing adventures related 

 above, we had a most enjoyable day for May, and every- 

 thing passed off to our entire satisfaction. Eleven pigs 

 was not a bad day's sport considering the time of the 

 year, and it was in good mood that we drank the health 

 of the Queen of England. 



