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ticularly near the canes, which makes it very 

 difficult to get them out into sufficiently open 

 places to ride them down and spear them : how- 

 ever, I have seen very good sport at this season, 

 and although the hogs are not so soon killed, the 

 sport is much enhanced by the delightful tempera- 

 ture of the weather. Being once on a visit at 

 Calcutta, and having my tent and equipage with 

 me, a friend requested that I would make a 

 party to Oreahparrah, (which place, to the best 

 of my recollection, is about sixteen miles from 

 Calcutta,) to have a few days hog-hunting. Our 

 party consisted of five a young civilian, another 

 gentleman, a midshipman of an Indiaman, my 

 brother, and myself. The first day we killed 

 two hogs, and during the sport, the following 

 ludicrous scenes took place : In riding after the 

 first hog, the midshipman fell from his horse in 

 leaping over a drain ; he then mounted an ele- 

 phant, which, not keeping up with the horses, 

 caused the young gentleman violently to abuse 

 the driver because he would not make the animal 

 gallop. The second hog took shelter in the centre 

 of some thick prickly bushes, from which we 

 could not start him. One of the party insisted 

 on the elephant being rode in to drive him out, 



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