132 MODERN PIG-STICKING 



siderable period. Information must be verified 

 up to date. Personal reconnaissance of coverts 

 and run of pig necessary before a single beat is 

 made. 



2. Organization. A medical and veterinary 

 officer or subordinates of those departments should 

 be included in the party. Elephants and coolies 

 must be subdivided for shikar, camp, and dak work, 

 each group under a responsible head man. Shikar 

 mahouts and coolies require a little drill and a code 

 of signals. 



3. Horses. Waler troop horses make excellent 

 pig-stickers. Stud breds are handy but slow. 

 Make a point of bringing back horses better than 

 when they went out. Our horses hunted three or 

 four days a week. In addition to 16 Ibs. of grain 

 and plenty of good dhub grass they had as much 

 oat hay (railed from Calcutta) as they would eat. 

 This is the best forage, and if grass is doubtful is 

 worth having at any price. 



4. Men. Don't take any one with the least taint 

 of jealousy, to spoil sport. Hunt every pig honestly 

 no matter who gets the spear. Each man should 

 have a whistle, a measuring tape, and spare red 

 cloth. 



5. Natives. Work through local headmen, and 

 get on good terms with the natives. The Purneah 

 natives are a low type and no sportsmen. Yet they 

 were useful in bringing khubber. Any kind of 

 gipsy natives, sansis, brinjaris, or whatever their 

 name may be, will generally assist to not only 

 harbour but kill and eat pig. 



