38 MODERN PIG-STICKING 



Do not look for pig in grass jungles in a high 

 wind. They feel no security then. The grass 

 crackles so that they know they cannot hear an 

 enemy coming on them. At such times if you are 

 hunting in undulating country the "quiet sunny side 

 of the slope" should hold out good prospects to you. 



In grass, and in all other covers, remember a pig 

 is very much a water-loving animal. 



I know some beautiful grass country, miles in 

 extent. It rarely holds pig simply because there 

 are good j heels between it and the main feeding 

 grounds. The grass has no cultivation. I have 

 meant to plant a few acres, here and there, of cane 

 in it to bring the boar there. The j heels near are 

 unworkable. 



You must realize that pig get little food in grass, 

 and none in jhow coverts. They grub up a few 

 roots ; but truffles and such delicacies seem to be 

 unknown. There are exceptions, as for instance 

 the spot there used to be in the Meerut Kadir called 

 "the Hundred Acres" — a patch of about that area 

 so trenched and retrenched by pig that we prided 

 ourselves that none could ride across it without 

 falling. 



Pig frequent jhow coverts when there are no good 

 j heels available ; and they are apt to take refuge 

 in heavy jhow when much harried. In the hot 

 season jhow makes cool and pleasant lying. 



Failing crops, j heels are, however, the great resort 

 of pig. I can give no more advice about them. 

 When you get jheel and grass intermingled you have 

 a happy combination. One such I remember 

 fondly. As I wrote of it when I discovered it, there 

 were " rushes and reeds, long miles of waving grass, 

 and many a mark of boar." 



