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records of the totals, 1876-82, are very incomplete, 

 and a few other years' records are not forthcoming. 

 On January 10, 1859, among members present at 

 the meet were " General Roberts " and " Lieutenant 

 Roberts," and the latter continued to hunt there 

 till 1861. 



In those days the height and weight of boars 

 were disregarded, and only the age recorded ; from 

 1867, however, an attempt was made to record the 

 height at the shoulder and the length of tushes. 

 In this same year the name of Gerard (afterwards 

 General Sir Montague Gerard) appears and con- 

 tinues on and off till 1870. There is a drawing by 

 him in the Tent Club Log (which is well illustrated 

 throughout) of "The Mighty Boar," killed at 

 Nagpur, February 23, 1867, whose description is 

 thus recorded : 



Age unknown. 



Height, 37 inches. 



Tushes, 9f „ 



Girth, 54 



Length, 76 ,, 



Whether this monster was killed by him or not is 

 not related. Charkuwalas, described in another 

 part of this chapter, were first mentioned in 1861. 

 A reward of 4 rupees was given to a shikari for 

 each boar killed ; this was subsequently raised to 

 5 rupees. 



On December 30, 1882, a special meet was arranged 

 for His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, but 

 the result was not worthy of the occasion. 



In 1888, a boar who was being hotly pursued 

 jumped a fence, and went straight down into a 

 fifty-foot well. He was hauled up, with great diffi- 

 culty, with ropes and released. In the year 1892 



