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to restrain some of our enthusiastic young pig-stickers 

 going after them. The first beat south to north proved 

 blank, so did the beat vice-versa, though any amount 

 of pig might have been sneaking from one patch to an- 

 other. After about an hour's stirring up out broke 

 a regular sounder but all sows and butchas, but very 

 soon followed by a good-sized boar. The first party 

 (two parties were made) consisting of Malcolm, Austin, 

 Fasson, Ferguson, Stacks and myself were soon after 

 him, and he was killed after a sharp run over some 

 capital ground : Malcolm on The Cat (a small country- 

 bred tat) getting the first spear. This pig was not much 

 of a fighter,. and measured 32''. 



Just as this boar had been polished off two more were 

 seen going in the distance ; Ferguson, on Osman Pasha, 

 always ready for a run, and Fasson, on The Nana, were 

 soon after them. They proved to be a boar and a sow. 

 The boar was killed after a long run when he was very 

 near getting into a village, Ferguson getting the first 

 spear and having to do the whole of the killing, as 

 Fasson's horse refused to go up to the pig. This boar 

 had a very good head, and meaured 35". 



While the first party were negotiating these two pigs, 

 the second party, consisting of Archie Hills, Bainbridge, 

 Peacock, Angelo, and Gibson, killed a very good boar 

 Hills getting the first spear. The fourth, a rather small 

 pig, broke on the river side and was killed by Stocks 

 with one spear. The fifth, a very heavy and lusty boar, 

 fell to the Nawabs, the Burra Saheh getting the first 



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