CHAP XXIV. 



HOG HUNTING IN THE RAINY SEASON. DRIVEN 



INTO SMALLER COVERS IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE 

 OVERFLOWING OF THE RIVERS. HOGS IN MEA- 

 DOW GRASS. 



THE rainy season generally sets in about the 

 middle of June ; from that time to the middle of 

 July, hogs chiefly remain in the same covers they 

 previously inhabited, but feed more in open plains, 

 and where people are preparing ground for culti- 

 vation. They may be easily intercepted and 

 hunted, as they return to their covers in the 

 mornings. 



In July, many of the grass and j ow jungles on 

 islands in the Ganges, or on its banks, and on the 

 banks of the Dawah, Soane, and other great 

 rivers, on the island of the Cosumbazar, and many 

 other parts of Bengal, are partly overflown, 

 reducing the covers to so small a size, that hogs 

 may be easily driven out of them. Many are en- 

 tirely overflown, obliging all animals to quit them, 

 and seek shelter in smaller covers, in the neigh- 



