CHAPTER XV. 



Modoopore "Null " Meet. 



Before describing the meet and the sport we had, 

 I must explain a little what is meant by the Modoopore 

 Null. 



Modoopore is one of the Patkabari Concern's out- 

 work or factory, and owned by that Prince of Bengal 

 pig-stickers, Archie Hills. Close to the said out-factory 

 is the Nidi, which literally translated means reed or 

 grass, but which in reality is a preserve kept up specially 

 for pigs, and which is hunted, as a rule, only once a year, 

 and that is at Easter. The preserve in question consists, 

 I should say, of about forty to fifty acres of land, and 

 is situated on the right bank of the river Jellinghee 

 in the hollow of a chur. In the centre of the Null 

 there is a pool of water, and all round it grows the 

 tall reed jungle. The cover is very heavy, and it is 

 almost useless to attempt to drive pigs out of it with 

 beaters only, unless there are a certain number of 

 elephants to help them. 



To the east of the preserve, and about half a mile or 

 so away, lies the river Jellinghee, fortunately very few 

 pigs, as a rule, break on that side, and when they do so, 



