96 REMINISCENCES OF PIG-STICKING. 



me, and I had then the satisfaction of learning the 

 monster we were after had been killed. It would appear 

 that, after losing the boar, Henderson, who had gone a 

 short cut across the village but in another direction to 

 what we had taken, had caught sight of him going quietly 

 along the bil and, by riding judiciously, had taken the 

 pig by surprise. On seeing Henderson, the boar did 

 not try to get away, for, after going a short distance, 

 he turned round and came down a splendid charge y 

 and Henderson, who was mounted on a very staunch 

 bay waler gelding, " Sonaticree," met him half way,, 

 and sent his spear through. Piggy after being spear- 

 ed went back to the water and lay down never to 

 rise again. After a short time we met old Hills, who 

 could scarcely believe the boar we were after had been 

 killed ; but once the act of habeas corpus had been per- 

 formed, and the body of the deceased pig duly produced, 

 all doubts disappeared. Archie swore that it was the 

 finest and biggest boar he had seen for a long while, 

 and reminded him of some of those of the good, old 

 kind they used to get in the old days on the chores of 

 the Ganges, at Tantibonda, Mangipara, and Doolohoree. 

 A grand head with splendid tushes, vast shoulders with 

 scarcely any neck, and very narrow flanks with a small 

 clean tail completed the picture of this boar, who stood 

 exactly 39". 



We were quite satisfied with our morning sport, so 

 made for the encampment. On our way we tried some 

 more wheat, but put up only sows and butchas. 



