CHAPTER XII 



HOG-HUNTING 



HOG-HUNTING, or as 'it is more 

 familiarly termed, pig-sticking, is one of 

 the finest wild sports that is left us. To enter 

 into the old dispute as to whether of the two fox- 

 hunting or hog-hunting is the finer sport is as 

 far from my intentions as it would be from my 

 taste, for though the question is often discussed 

 there is no real comparison between the two, 

 each being, under the peculiar conditions which 

 make it possible, as nearly perfect as sport can 

 be. For my own part I would never willingly 

 lose an opportunity of enjoying either, and while 

 sharing in one sport should not desire the other, 

 as each demands all our attention and excites 

 all our enthusiasm. This being the case it is 

 perhaps strange to be obliged to say that there 

 has been a considerable decay in the enthusiasm 



for pig-sticking in India during the last quarter 



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