CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 



It is twenty-four years since Baden-Powell wrote 

 his charming book on Pig-sticking, and it is no less 

 than twenty -seven years since F. B. Simson's 

 equally classical Sport in Eastern Bengal was 

 published. These works are as true and as valuable 

 as ever, but they are hard to get. 



ERRATA 



Page 7, line 8, for '' bourrh" read '' bhur." 

 i, 16, line 26, for " bourrh " read '' bhur." 

 „ 17, lines 10, 34, for " bourrh'' read '^ bhur." 

 ,i 23, line 28, for ^*^pig-" read '' big-." 

 „ 26, line 16, for ^^ spear" read "spare." 

 ,, 37, line 22, for ^^fall" read "falls." 

 62, line 9, for '' bourrh" read " bhur." 

 222, line 22, for "sportsman" read "sportsmen. 



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Modern Pig-Sticking 



and myself. I love a clear understanding. 



Colonel John Vaughan, D.S.O., of the Cavalry 

 School, lately commanding the 10th Hussars, winner 

 of the Kadir Cup, as well known after pig as he is 



