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on the right bank up the river marching with the Muttra 

 T.C., the country being similar to the Kadir of the latter 

 Club. These meets are very conveniently situated for 

 residents in Agra ; the average distance being about eleven 

 miles, the farthest seventeen. Hunting generally takes 

 place on Wednesday afternoons and again on Saturdays and 

 Sundays. The main stronghold for pig is at Gadpura near 

 Tundla Junction on the E.I.R. It consists of nullahs 

 near the railway line, which invariably hold pig, and jhow 

 and grass jungles between the nullahs and the river. The 

 jhow is very thick and high in places, and killing pig no easy 

 matter, but if properly hunted pig cross over to Tenora on 

 the right bank ; and this usually forms the succeeding 

 meet, which is the most popular rendezvous of the Club, 

 the Kadir being more open than at Gadpura. The biggest 

 bag has been made at Tenora for many years now. The 

 Singhua Meet adjoins the Muttra country some twelve 

 miles from Agra on the Delhi road. The nullahs near the 

 road usually hold pig, and if they can be got to break across 

 the Canal escape afford a short and merry burst across the 

 grass jungle to the jhow on the river bank. Jhodpur jheel 

 has a very thick jungle of about twenty acres between the 

 inner of the four branches of the canal which fork at the 

 irrigation bungalow, and is always full of pig. It is difficult 

 to get them to break, the jungle itself being quite unride- 

 able ; but once away hunting is easy, except for the canals, 

 especially the main escape, which is wide and deep with 

 steep banks overgrown with thorn in which many boar 

 have made good their escape. 



In former years there used to be good hunting during the 

 winter at Fattehpur Sikri, but of late this country has been 

 somewhat neglected owing to the distance, and pig have 

 been killed off by natives to a great extent ; proximity to 

 the border of the Bharatpur State assisting these male- 

 factors. The biggest boar killed of which record can be 

 found measured 33j inches. 



