ADVENTURES IN CAMP AND JUNGLE. 6 



If the sportsman goes in for hog-hunting, a couple of 

 good horses are desirable, and these would cost from 20 to 

 100 each, according to the weight or luck of the rider. The 

 more expensive horses are, however, by no means always the 

 best hog-hunters, and I have known more first spears taken 

 off seasoned screws and strong galloways with a turn of speed 

 than by high-priced horses ; blood and pluck to stand a 

 charge being, however, indispensable. 



A second-hand hill-tent, twelve or fourteen feet square, 

 a copper basin, a couple of fold-up tables, two cane chairs 

 bound with leather, a light sleeping cot, and, above all, a 

 comfortable arm-chair, are all the furniture required, together 

 with a thin mattress and a few sheets, blankets, and towels. 

 If the party consists of two or more, a double supply of every- 

 thing is most convenient. On a change of ground being con- 

 templated, all would dine comfortably together, and after 

 dinner one set of servants would start off with one tent and 

 one set of equipments. The sportsmen would rise at or before 

 daybreak, and, after a cup of tea and a bite, might shoot 

 their way to the next camp, where they would find the tent 

 which had come on in the night ready pitched, and their tubs 

 and breakfasts all comfortable. 



Leaving England early in October, Bombay might be 

 reached via Marseilles in twenty-one days. Four hundred 

 miles by rail would take the party to Ahmedabad, and the 

 months of November, December, and January might be spent 

 in the plains of Guzerat and Kattyawar. Here the Saiseen 

 antelope or black buck abound, as do also the chinkara or 

 gazelle and the nylghae. Hog are also to be found in parts, 

 and panthers, wolves, and hysenas would occasionally vary 

 the sport. In Kattyawar bustard are plentiful ; quail and 

 snipe are to be met with in large numbers, while every sheet 



