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across. The outskirts of Pathri Forest, the goal of many 

 a hunted boar, afford a unique opportunity to the spear of 

 emulating Absalom. 



The cover has much decreased in late years, as the jungle 

 is cleared and brought under cultivation ; and the process 

 goes on yearly, with the result shown by the diminishing 

 bags of boar. The largest boar killed was 33| inches, 

 200 lbs. 



We hold joint meets twice in a season with Moradabad 

 on the boundaries of the two countries. The best bag at 

 these was 42 pig in four days in 1911 ; the best pig at 

 these meetings being 33j inches, 227 lbs. We do not 

 include those pig in our totals. 



The country consists of grass, jhow, forest, quicksand, 

 and swamp. It is a difficult country to kill pig in. There 

 used to be many leopards, but they have been greatly 

 reduced. 



J. F. Gray, Hon. Sec, Lt. R.E. 



SAUGOR HOG-HUNTING 



Notes by Major L. L. Maxwell, 2nd Lancers. 



The Country. — It is very open hunting : the pig running 

 from one hill to another ; or from hill to ravine-intersected 

 river-bed, and vice versa. Barring chance pig in crops, 

 the jungly hills and river-beds alone supply the covert. 

 Stretches of jhow and grass are practically unknown. The 

 going is very stony ; the nullahs deep, often blind, and often 

 only crossable under the able pilotage of the boar. Where 

 there are not stones and rock, there is black cotton soil. 

 This at its worst is unrideable ; but with only a strip here 

 and there you can chance it. If a man can catch pig over 

 the going at Saugor I think he could catch them anywhere. 

 To horses with good feet the rocky going seems to do no real 

 harm ; but a farrier must always be handy. Sometimes 

 a spear or two accompany the line when beating a hill-top ; 

 but otherwise there is no hunting with the line. 



The Boar. — If our experience counts for anything, these 

 forest-bred boar are far and away more aggressive than 



