CHAP. XVI. 



METHODS OF HOG HUNTING. SEARCHING FOR HOGS. 



I SHALL now proceed with an account of the usual 

 methods of hunting hogs at the different seasons, 

 commencing with the first months of the year. 



In January, February, and part of March, they 

 are more frequently to be met with in sugar 

 canes* than in any other covers ; in them they 

 find a sheltered retreat, with plenty of food which 

 they are remarkably fond of. In this season the 

 ricef is nearly all cut, water scarce, and the 



* Plantations of the sugar plant in India are denominated 

 canes. 



f I have used the word rice, agreeably to its general 

 acceptation, which is not correct ; for rice, when growing, 

 has a different name, and is called, in Hindostan, Dhaun ; 

 the seeds, when separated from the plant, are called Paddy, 

 and when freed from their husks, Choul, which is, in the 

 English language, rice. 



