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of seven hog were seen scouring over the ground at 

 a tolerable pace, some four hundred yards from the 

 cover from which they had broken. 



As soon as they heard the tramp of our horses 

 approaching, they increased their speed, and a huge 

 gray boar fell back to the rear, champing his tushes 

 and tearing up the ground in a most threatening 

 manner. As our object was to force them further 

 into the plain, so as to cut them off and prevent 

 their returning into the jungle, we rode slowly for 

 the first quarter of a mile, then our pace increased, 

 and we went fairly in at them. When we ap- 

 proached they separated, and some of the youngsters 

 of our party made after four sows which kept off to 

 our left. 



Although the pace was now becoming severe for 

 some time, we appeared to gain but little on the 

 boar, who, with a couple of sows, dashed away in 

 a gallant style, clearing en o^oute a nullah, (water- 

 course,) which brought many of the field to a check. 



Lai Babba was doing his work well, although 

 he had become so excited with the chase that I bad 

 some little trouble in keeping him in hand. We 

 cleared a yawning chasm which, though not more 

 than nine feet wide, was difficult, as the opposite 

 bank was two feet higher than the near one. Hear- 

 ing a burst of laughter behind from , I turned 



my head, and saw five or six of our number rolling 

 in the dust, and one seemed hors de combat. 



Still on we tore, the field becoming more select. 



