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boar before him ; it was evidently wounded, so I 

 reined up until the two were alongside, and then 

 joined in the race. "Why, W.," I sung out, "this 

 is not a boar." u But look at the tusks," retorted my 

 comrade. " Yes, I see them ; it is a barren sow." 

 " I have killed a boar and have wounded her, so we 

 must put her out of pain, but I thought most cer- 

 tainly that she was a boar too, or I would not have 

 followed her." Just then she "jinked." My comrade's 

 mare, rather hard-mouthed, did not turn as quickly 

 as she ought to have done, so allowed me to cut in. 

 " Pekoe " was not a bit alarmed, notwithstanding his 

 upset, and took me up nicely, so I gave her a good 

 dig in the ribs, but could not withdraw my weapon 

 so had to let it go. W. was alongside of me in a 

 moment or two, but it was no easy matter for either 

 of us to get near the brute to administer the coup de 

 grdce, for the heavily-leaded shaft kept upright, 

 swaying about, and with a "job spear" you have to 

 get to close quarters before you can use your weapon. 

 W. tried to cut in several times, but once he got a 

 blow across the shins from the shaft of my weapon 

 which made him sing out, and I much doubt that we 

 should have secured her, had she not rushed through 

 a bush and got rid of the spear, when W. went up 

 alongside and finished the melee. Fortunately my 

 spear was not broken, the handle or shaft of a Bengal 

 weapon being so much shorter, thicker, and tougher 

 than those of the longer weapons. 



I forgot to mention that we had sent on our guns 

 and rifles, as there was no knowing what game might 

 be started. So telling the bearers to keep pretty 

 close to us, we rode on to meet the elephants. The 



