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boar, which cut him so deeply in his side that the 

 boar's upper tush, which was much curled, got 

 entangled in the man's ribs. The boar, being 

 frightened, began shaking him about, trying to get 

 free. The man's shouts attracted some fellow- 

 cultivators to the spot. They pluckily attacked 

 the boar with sickles and lathes, and killed the 

 boar on the top of the man. They then found 

 that the tush was so firmly hooked under the 

 unfortunate man's rib that they could not get the 

 brute off until they had decapitated him. Needless 

 to say, the man died shortly after. 



Accidents will happen, and beaters are often 

 slightly cut, though seldom seriously. In 1912, 

 however, one of our beaters met his death. A boar 

 turning on the line of coolies knocked a man down 

 and ripped his back so badly as to expose his lungs. 

 Although we had two doctors out with us who got 

 at the poor fellow almost at once, he died in a couple 

 of hours. A subscription was got up on the spot 

 for the widow, who expressed herself satisfied, and 

 I hope it was sufficient compensation for the loss 

 of her husband. 



One of the most startling accidents which I can 

 remember happened to Cress well a few years ago. 

 He had just swum an Arab pony across a river, and 

 the pony stopped to drink in the shallow water, 

 when a mugger caught it by the head and dragged 

 it under, and it was never seen again. 



I have only once come across deer when pig- 

 sticking. It happened in, I think, 1900 at Bilmaria, 

 which lies on the opposite side of the river to 

 Moiscoondie. We were beating jhow jungle, and 

 suddenly three hog deer, a buck, and two does 

 jumped up in front of my party, which consisted of 



