24 SHIKAR SKETCHES. 



boar), i laid in,' but soon lost sight of him in the 

 dense jungle of bushes. On viewing him again, I 

 found he had stopped, doubled back, and gone up 

 the side of the hill, up which I very foolishly fol- 

 lowed him, for it was a desperate scramble, whilst 

 Thompson rode round the base of the hill to catch 

 him as he broke. He, however, somehow lost 

 sight of the pig, and, on reaching the summit, I 

 saw the boar going away over the open plain some 

 half mile off, with his head set straight for the 

 low range of hills I have already mentioned. 

 Giving a yell to Thompson, and pointing with my 

 spear, I set the ' three-cornered one ' going, and 

 scrambled down the stony side of the hill in the 

 succession of short jerky strides a horse takes 

 going down a decli vity, propping himself at every 

 step almost, and anon twisting and bounding to 

 avoid some boulder of rock, or extra thick piece 

 of shrub. I got to the bottom safely, however, and 

 then saw Thompson coming along about two 

 hundred yards to my right. The boar was trot- 

 ting on ahead sulkily, not seeming much inclined 

 to make the most of the good start he had obtain- 

 ed. He crossed the boggy nullah, and I could 

 see the water in it was pretty deep by the splash 

 he made as he soused in arid scrambled out. 



tain gives the word, Ride.' Extract from Rules of Nagpore Hunt 

 Club 



