28 PIG-STICKING 



After we had galloped for a time the pig was 

 sighted. One of the Englishmen had already- 

 speared it. The beast " jinked " (doubled) and 

 came in my direction. It made away as fast as 

 it could straight in front of me. I dashed after 

 it, but every time I sank my spear it jinked 

 again, and my horse dashed by it. At last I 

 succeeded in spearing it as I galloped past, 

 but did not wound it mortally. It was 

 the third hunter who gave it the coup de 

 grace. 



Meanwhile, my adjutant, Von Zobeltiz, had 

 come a cropper but had escaped injury. 



It is an exciting and dangerous sport. I can 

 well believe that the list of broken arms and 

 legs in India as a result of pig-sticking is a long 

 one. 



There are two ways of killing the beast. 

 You either use, as we did, a long bamboo spear, 



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sticking him, as you ride, behind the shoulder- 

 blade, or a short spear is used which is plunged 

 perpendicularly from above. This last method 



