BOAR SPEARS. 233 



Bnxar. The next best kind to bamboos are 

 such as are made of Singeree Damen, which 

 wood, as also solid bamboos, may be procured in 

 most parts of the jungle-terre^ or range of hills 

 from Monghier to Nagpore. 



The spear represented in Plate II. fig. 1. is of 

 a larger size, and is better calculated for hunting 

 alone, or jabbing : it will do more execution than 

 the one represented in Plate I., but is not so easily 

 extricated from the hog, and will make the arm 

 ache to carry it many hours. I always bound 

 some coarse silk or twine round the shaft at the 

 part where it balances, (which may be seen in 

 Plate I. fig. 1.) by which it is more easily carried, 

 and unnecessary to poise before throwing. The 

 shaft should be about six inches longer than is 

 represented in Plate I. fig. 1. 



Plate II. fig. 2. is a spear that is preferred by 

 many hog hunters, being broader and thinner 

 than fig. 1., and capable of receiving a sharper 

 edge, which, however, is more liable to be injured, 

 and to cut the horse's sides, and therefore I 

 prefer the others. 



