CHAP. XXII. 



HOG HUNTING IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE 



YEAR. SHOOTING HOGS FROM ELEPHANTS. 



DRIVING OLD BOARS FROM THEIR MARSHY 

 RETREATS. 



FROM March to the end of June, the weather is 

 so extremely hot, that hogs are seldom hunted on 

 horseback: they are more frequently killed by 

 being shot from elephants. At this season, most 

 of them go into extensive heavy bunds,* near 

 the bottoms of mountains, and the remainder 

 repair to other large wood, surput^ ratan, jow, 

 or dagger-grassj jungles that are nearer, which 

 are often so large, that they cannot be driven out 



* Bund signifies a heavy extensive cover either of wood, 

 or a mixture of grass and wood. 



f Surput, or tassel-grass, is a kind of grass resembling 

 Guinea-grass, and grows to the height of from six to twelve 

 feet. 



J Dagger-grass is a species of bulrush, very common in 

 Bengal, particularly in the lower parts, near Calcutta : mats 

 are made of it by the natives, and with it they build the 

 sides of their huts. 



