CHAPTER XI. 



Kholebad Khor or Grass-Hunting. 



A pig-sticking meet at Choa was nearly always for 

 some part of their programme after the Berhampore 

 races were over. I shall, however, confine my Remin- 

 iscences to one or two of the mosteventfal ones only. 

 About the first week of December, 1877, the following 

 turned up at Choa for a little bit of shikare, viz. — 

 Archie Hills, C. Gregson, J. Moles worth, E. Hayes, 

 and Shrimp Abbot. 



The party came down in ticca garries from Berham- 

 pore, and as they had sent their horses the evening 

 previous, I went to meet them at a place about a mile 

 or so from the factory where the hunt was to begin. 

 We had no elephants, but a good number of beaters, and 

 as soon as we got these together we made our way to 

 the grass. Being early in the season the cover was 

 perfect although, perhaps, there was a little too much 

 of it. 



A proper line having been made, we took our posi- 

 tion behind and began to move slowly ahead. Caution 

 was necessary, the grass being very high and intact, 

 blind holes and ditches were scarcely discernible, and 



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