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word on the subject, excepting only his objections 

 to and remarks on Walers. Walers are now, for 

 obvious reasons, as superior to the Arab as the Arab 

 was superior to the then Waler, especially in the 

 case of men riding 12 stone or over. At the same 

 time a high-couraged Arab is still very hard to beat 

 for a light weight. 



We, who have hunted from Moiscoondie, know 

 how accurately Simson describes the country 

 bordering on the Ganges. Hurrysunkra, Ram- 

 chundrapore and Soonaikoondie churs were all 

 hunted by him, and though they have long ago 

 been washed away, they have since reformed, and 

 now constitute Moiscoondie and the adjacent churs, 

 which have been our best hunting-grounds during 

 the last ten years. 



Shikarpore, referred to by Simson, also still exists, 

 in spite of earthquakes and the vicissitudes of more 

 than a century. 



The late Archie Hills of Patkabaree, a fine old 

 sportsman, probably did more for pig-sticking in 

 Bengal than any one else, and his well-known 

 hospitality was often enjoyed by the late Lord 

 William Beresford, V.C., Sir Griffiths Evans, E. V. 

 Westmacott, I.C.S., W. L. Thomas, John and Tom 

 Anderson, Stocks, Morey, J. Malcolm, R. Lyall, 

 W. Sherreff, M. Ferguson, Lawrie Johnstone, and 

 Billy Barker. Of these James Malcolm is still here, 

 and only last year, at the three score and ten years 

 of the Psalmist, celebrated the occasion by riding 

 down and killing a nice boar single-handed. 



Ferguson, who probably knows more of the wiles 

 and ways of a pig than most of us, still occasionally 

 revisits his old haunts. In fact, on his last visit 

 to India he killed a 39 J inch boar near Berhampore, 



