2 MODERN PIG-STICKING 



with his polo team ; the big game shikari, Lieut. - 

 Colonel Caton Jones, Royal Army Medical Corps, 

 winner of the Nagpur Hunt Cup ; Captain Medlicott, 

 3rd Skinner's Horse, winner of the Kadir Cup, and 

 twice winner of the Guzerat Cup ; Mr. Crawford of 

 Shikarpore, the Bengal Hog Hunter, as well known 

 on his own account as he is for his hospitality at his 

 noted meets : these gentlemen require no introduc- 

 tion from me. My warmest thanks and all such 

 merit as may be in the book are due to them. 



For myself I can only say that I have been in 

 India twenty-one years, and that all my leave 

 (sufficient) and all my money (less) have been spent 

 with spear or rifle. I believe that I have ridden 

 and killed, in company or alone, between 700 and 

 800 boar. I have been present on the field when 

 many more have been accounted for. I am no 

 good, but I love the sport. 



I have had to use " I " freely. I have not 

 scrupled to give my views. I detest a man who 

 has not the courage of his convictions. If I have 

 written largely of my own hunting, instead of 

 quoting from books or the experiences of others, 

 believe me, it has been in no spirit of boasting. 



I believe every incident and day is given exactly 

 as it occurred. The only departure from truth 

 that I know is that, in the account of the two first 

 days with the Meerut Tent Club, I have inserted 

 one or two runs that happened on other days. 

 The incidents in these two days are all true, but 

 no day actually occurred to illustrate all my points. 



Performers if not named can be identified from 

 the first letter of their names, except where for 

 special reasons an obviously impossible initial has 

 been used. 



