1 86 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



sent me spinning along the hard but crumbly soil, on 

 which I lay stunned. The horse scampered off across 

 country and was not recovered for three days, with 

 my saddle and bridle (which were nearly new) ruined. 

 W. A. picked me up, put me under a bush, and went 

 on. I came to in good time, and got back to the 

 tents, and a pretty object I was. The right side of 

 my face was peeled as if it had been flayed, the skin 

 of my eyelids even was gone ; my eyes were bunged 

 up, my nose swollen to double its size. The sores 

 thus caused were full of gritty earth. I did what I 

 could to wash my injuries clean, and Prendergast 

 tied a cloth soaked in salad oil over all. But, alas ! I 

 had to ride on the next day to overtake my detach- 

 ment, the Collector kindly posting horses for me as 

 far as Ellore ; but by the time I got to Condapilly 

 proud flesh had formed, and I was the most disgusting- 

 looking object possible to contemplate. How ashamed 

 I was to meet D. and his wife in such a state I need 

 not say, but there was no help for it. So much for 

 my first essay in hog- sticking. 



While at Condapilly, the Nugied Eajah sent word 

 to me that he was going to have a beat, and would be 

 glad if I would join him. I had visited him before, 

 and knew the country, so sent on two horses for I had 

 bought another by this time from G., the civilian, a 

 splendid Arab and a well-known pig- sticker, in place 

 of the one I had sold. Four or five other Europeans 

 were to be present, but when I got there they had not 

 arrived. So the Kajah proposed to beat an outlying 

 hill. My host was going to shoot pig, and in ridable 

 ground ! Awful ! I begged him not to, but he 

 under various pretences preferred the gun to the 



