PIGS 



Luckily it was turned away, closely occupied with the dogs 

 at the time, and the broad-bladed spear I carried was 

 forced, quite accidentally, by my fall, through the loose 

 web of skin behind its near shoulder. 



I gripped the haft low down with my left hand and 

 held on, as it was the only thing which saved me from 

 being thrown over within reach of his tusks, fumbling, 

 in the meanwhile, for my knife. 



Eventually I managed to draw it, and sent it home 

 with a will into his right flank one more instance of 

 the good old blade's many and kindly services to its 

 master. 



One cannot, unfortunately, " ride " pig in Ceylon 

 otherwise than in the inconvenient manner above men- 

 tioned ; but, with experience of all the game in the island, 

 the author of this small sketch humbly submits that the 

 boar of the hills has no superior in showing sport, even 

 though limited as it is to mere plebeian foot-work. 



3*3 



