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him, soon chased him out of the place, cutting him 

 rather badly in three or four places. After his victory 

 over the huge pachiderm Mr. Pig trotted through the 

 compound of the Sunkurpore factory, and a peon, 

 who went very foolishly after him with a big bamboo, i 

 got fearfully cut up and died a few days later. The; 

 pig going through the factory compound gave Morey 

 time to got on a fresh mount. The boar after cutting 

 the man had gone on to an open bit of country beyond 

 the factory. On seeing Morey he pulled up as if de- 

 termined this time to summarily finish the business on 

 hand. Taking a few steps forward he stopped, as if 

 rather surprised at his adversary's temerity, and then 

 gathering himself up down he came. Morey had now 

 a good mount under him, and two more gallant an- 

 tagonists could not have been found among the Knights 

 of old. The spear stuck in a soft part of the neck 

 and went right through, the boar rolling over dead. 

 Of the many an exciting and thrilling pig-sticking 

 adventures I have been an eye-witness to, I think this 

 one carries off the palm, at least in certain phases of 

 it, such as the hunting down of the rider for over a 

 mile, and then going through the factory compound 

 and killing a man. 



This was a very lanky-looking boar with a huge head 

 and neck, and though I have not got his measurement 

 he must have stood 36" to 37". 



