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we had to pass close to a favourite quail-ground, so 

 dismounting we took our guns and had an hour's very 

 pretty shooting, our united bag coming to eighteen and 

 a half brace quails, four couple snipe, and three hares. 

 By the time we had done with the shooting we found 

 ourselves close to the new patiale, so mounting our 

 horses, again, we rode off and took our position under a 

 couple of big mango trees and ordered the elephants and 

 beaters to move into the patiale, The three elephants 

 and fifty coolies soon begun to roar, shout and yell, and 

 very soon a small boar broke and made for Chainpara 

 village. This was a remarkably fast pig and took us 

 at a rattling pace for over a mile. Henderson coming 

 up first secured the spear ; but got his horse rather 

 badly cut in the stifle ; the boar though small fought 

 very pluckily and required three or four good spears 

 before giving in and going down on his haunches. 



Going back to the patiale, we had scarcely taken our 

 position, when out broke a regular sounder, and as they 

 came out quite close to us we could see that there was 

 a splendid boar among them. A herd of tame buffa- 

 loes threw us out considerably, and the pigs were well 

 on their way to the old patiale before we picked them 

 up. The boar, who was very lusty, was soon pumped, 

 and Hills managed to get the first spear without much 

 difficulty ; but though a splendid boar, with as fine a 

 pair of tushes as you could wish to see, he showed no 

 fight, and required a lot of prodding before rolling over. 

 Henderson was mounted on a new waler mare of Hills' 



