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grass jungle and jhow. It was first hunted by 



C. B. Gregson (my predecessor at Shikarpur and 

 present chief), who had several good little meets 

 there between the years 1899 and 1901, the bag 

 varying from seventeen to twenty-five head. Since 

 then we had good meets from 1902 to 1905 yielding 

 in two days from twenty-five in 1902 to seventy-five 

 in 1905, by which time the jungle had been con- 

 siderably cleared. 



During the first half-dozen years' hunting on the 

 chur the pig were so accustomed to seeing no one 

 but timid natives, who always ran away, that they 

 did not realize their danger when they were being 

 hunted. The result was that they charged fre- 

 quently at sight. This, to a great extent, accounted 

 for the heavy bags, as there were few long runs and 

 the horses kept fresher. 



Our record meet of 149 boar in two days, or 

 153 in two and a half days, took place on 28th, 

 29th, and 80th January 1906, and though we have 

 since twice topped the century we have never 

 exceeded that bag. I did not see so much of the 

 sport at this meet as I should like to have done, 

 having naturally a good deal to do in the way of 

 bundobast, watching the beaters, etc. My assistant, 



D. Somerville, kindly gave up more than half his 

 day's sport to help me, while Barker, Cresswell, and 

 Ferguson very kindly helped with the line. I have 

 often heard Barker say that he will never forget 

 the sight on the second day, which is perhaps best 

 described in an extract from a letter of his given 

 below : 



I was with the forward party on the second day in the 

 afternoon. The beat, consisting of about one hundred and 

 fifty acres of grass, had been cut to the height of 2 to 3 feet. 



