306 SHIKAR SKETCHES. 



III. 



And what, in sooth, can tempt each youth 



To forget his failing purse, 

 To laugh at his debts and the bailiff's threats, 



While his pay grows worse and worse '* 

 For ' tentage ' and ' full batta,' too, 



No longer now we care, 

 But dash aside the tear of pride, 



Man's tribute to despair. 



'Tis the boar, etc. 



IV. 



Since nerve and health win love and wealth, 



The hopes we chiefly prize, 

 Let's seek the field and the bright spear wield, 



For there the elixir lies. 

 While it's hey ! over the jungle green, 



When the game is once in sight ; 

 And it's hey ! over the deep ravine 



Morning, noon, or night ! 



'Tis the boar, etc. 



S. Y. S. 



Oriental Sporting Magazine,' 

 February, 1832. 



