110 MODERN PIG-STICKING CHAP. 



turning squatted in the open. Short was on to him first. 

 Man and beast charged simultaneously. As they closed, 

 the panther struck the spear aside, and springing, bit Short 

 in the right thigh ; he then dropped off, and went into the 

 thickest part of the mound. Garden followed and speared, 

 and several others following suit, the panther was soon 

 killed. A coolie was badly clawed. The latter was 

 properly dressed, but Short, thinking he was only scratched, 

 did nothing to his own leg beyond dabbing some carbolic 

 on the only claw mark visible, and continued hunting. 

 Soon after killed two fine fighting boar, the first of whom 

 gave a good run. The latter was chopped within two 

 hundred yards. 



Within four hundred yards of Dhubarsi, a pig was put 

 up and ridden by practically every one. He escaped un- 

 touched into the thick clump of bushes within one hundred 

 yards of the bagh, and finally charging " Sinkum," was 

 well speared by him. He then retired into a patch of cover 

 quite impracticable for a horse. While the bold spirits 

 of the hunt were taking off their coats, rolling up their 

 sleeves, and assuring each other that they really must finish 

 him off on foot, a frantic row was heard in the clump. In 

 dashed the bold spirits, and found that Lang, who had 

 previously gone in on foot after the panther, and apparently 

 not found it sufficiently exciting, had gone in on all fours 

 without a spear while they were talking, and having seized 

 the pig by the hind leg was trying to drag him out. The 

 boar was much annoyed, but luckily distracted by the spear 

 in him and a dog who was going for his nose. The bold 

 spirits having pulled Lang off succeeded in spearing and 

 finally killing the hog. This ended a ripping day. 



Dressed Short, annoyed to find he had been severely 

 bitten ; skinned panthers ; then to bed dead tired. 

 Short suffered great pain during the night, went into 

 Meerut on Monday, was taken to hospital on Tuesday, and 

 operated on by Mackenzie, R.A.M.C. Gangrene had set 

 in, and he was very dangerously ill. Thanks to Mackenzie's 

 skill he recovered after over a month on his back. 



Bag : 9 boar ; 2 panther. 



