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cotton-field in the vicinity was often frequented by pigs, and 

 we settled that, we should form a long line, and beat it up 

 before going home. Accordingly, after a halt of about an hour, 

 we were again in the saddle, and on arriving at the ground we 

 advanced at either end of the line of beaters. After going 

 about half-a-mile, we saw the men in the centre run back a 

 few paces, and soon a young boar jumped up and went away. 

 We followed him at once, and I now, for the first time, learned 

 from experience, what I had often before heard, viz., that a 

 pig going through cotton cannot get up any pace. This is, 

 no doubt, owing to the stalks and pods of the plants striking 

 him on his nose and eyes. 



We closed on him hand over hand, and I soon secured the 

 tushes, which were of fair size, though small in comparison of 

 those of the big boar we had slain in the morning. 



He turned at once, and charged at Bowles, whose young 

 horse behaved very well, and enabled his rider to stop him 

 cleverly. By this time I was on him again, and he was soon 

 following his kinsfolk to our camp. Altogether we were at 

 Eaanpore about ten days, and we made a fine mixed bag. 

 Bowles intended to visit the Geer of Kattyawar, during the 

 following hot season, for the purpose of lion-hunting, a pursuit 

 which he had followed the previous year with some success. 

 In addition to bagging several full-grown lions, he had suc- 

 ceeded in capturing a fine cub, which he brought to Surat, 

 where it wandered at will about our house during the rainy 

 season. It was then about as large as a Clumber spaniel, and 

 very good-natured, except at feeding time. Having got out of 

 a verandah on the first floor, it passed down the weather- 

 boards, and, jumping to the ground from a height of about 

 eight feet, strained its back and fore-legs, and soon after died. 

 I have had bears, panthers, and tigers, at various times, as 



