CHAPTEE IX. 



Horses ripped by Boars Run at Rheenjah Ducks in Samburmuttee Tiger- 

 shooting Expedition near Beerpoor Large Tiger seen Hunt in the "Wat- 

 ruck River at Muggoree Big Tiger wounded Tigress shot Rash Hunt 

 for the Big Tiger Second Day at Muggoree Two Cubs shot Man killed 

 by a Tigress Third Day at Muggoree Bulkley badly mauled March to 

 Baroda Langton killed by a Tiger March to Surat Tiger Wounds. 



" Ready he stood right valiantly, 

 But ere he had time to strike, 

 The tusk of the Boar, more prompt than he, 

 Deep through the flesh, above the knee, 

 Ripped with a stroke oblique." 



MAGINN'S ' HOMERIC BALLADS.' 



IN hunting the wild hog, injuries from their tushes are some- 

 times received both by horses and beaters ; but it is seldom 

 that the riders suffer. The wound made by the tusk of a pig 

 on the human leg is, as I have already said, generally of the 

 form of the letter L like a tear in woollen cloth. 



It is wonderful that injuries to beaters are not more fre- 

 quent than they are ; for a boar will constantly break back, 

 and when the line is advancing, through cypress or high sugar- 

 cane, he often cannot be seen till he is almost upon the men. 

 We seldom, however, had any difficulty in assembling beaters, 

 and though at times they naturally expressed an objection to 

 move in on a wounded pig, yet, on the whole, they showed 

 great pluck, and a proper enjoyment of the sport. 



The injury done was not always in proportion to the size 

 of the pig, and I have seen a horse badly cut by a small sow 

 with teeth only half-an-inch in length. We had been hunting 



