ii2 WILD SPORTS OF BURMA AND ASSAM 



soon after capture. The horns were about 10 inches in 

 length, much curved backwards. 



THE WILD HOG 

 (Sus indicus) 



Pigs are numerous in Burma, but I have never known 

 them in ridable ground there. In our jungle trips we used 

 to shoot a few as a change of diet for ourselves and also for 

 our Burmese and Madrassie followers, who rather admire 

 their flesh. In the remote jungles they are, as a rule, clean 

 feeders, simply because they can get no offal ; but shoot a 

 beast and leave it, and a sounder of hog will soon find it and 

 devour it. 1 am speaking of the heavier jungles, where 

 vultures had not caught sight of the slain. The Burmese 

 boars are very large and possess splendid tushes. They are 

 wonderfully plucky. One day at Burpettah news of a kill 

 by a tiger was brought us, and Campbell and I on a huge 

 Muckna, and Farquharson on one of mine, went out to try 

 and get a shot. To get to the kill we had to go three miles along 

 the Government road which I had but lately constructed ; the 

 country was open on both sides. We had done about two- 

 thirds of the distance, when we saw an old grizzly boar 

 walking along, and he crossed the road about 60 yards 

 ahead of us, and after going some 50 yards or so, he pulled 

 up, staring at us. When we got opposite, in fun I called 

 out "Whoof whoof!" Up went his bristles, down went his 

 head, and he, with a " Whoof whoof ! " also, charged down 

 upon us. We could not help laughing at his audacity. He 

 pulled up after going some 20 or 30 yards, eying us viciously, 

 so I yelled out " Whoof whoof ! " again. This was more 

 than his hogship could stand, and he made for us as straight 

 as a dart. It was time to stop his little game, so we up 

 with our rifles and gave him a broadside. Being severely 

 wounded, he turned off and made for the forest, but we did 

 not allow him to escape, but followed him up and killed him. 

 Now considering he was not 3^ feet in height, and our 

 elephant over 10 feet, the pluck of the beast may be imagined. 



