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than the skin, and, though she recovered, it was only 

 to be lame for life. 



The boar was a monster. After the hounds had 

 eaten a good deal of him and he had been cleaned, 

 he still weighed three hundred pounds. He must 

 therefore have been equal to the largest European 

 boars. 



This episode is perhaps hardly elk-hunting. But 

 it is one which may be encountered any day when 

 looking for elk, and therefore, I think, admissible in 

 this chapter. 



V. THE RAJPUTANA HOUNDS. 



My last winter in India was approaching, and I 

 had never seen foxhounds at work in that country. 

 The station where I was living was not altogether 

 suitable to hunting, as there were many rocky cactus- 

 covered hills, which doubtless would carry little scent, 

 and much open sandy plain. 



In the month of September I was at Bombay on 

 leave, when I happened to hear of a small pack of 

 foxhounds for sale not far away. They were the 

 remains of half the Bombay pack of the previous year,* 

 and had been bought and hunted by the inhabitants of 

 a small station to the south. Now the rains were at 

 an end they were useless to them, and they were for 

 sale. I telegraphed an offer, which was accepted, and 

 the hounds were sent to me. On my return from 

 Bombay I took them home with me. They consisted 



* The Bombay Hunt has a new pack out from England each year. 



