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MODERN PIG-STICKING 



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anything else we have met anywhere else. The real old 

 grey (almost white) monsters one sees when beating for 

 sambhur in the remote jungles never come to the spear ; 

 but plenty quite good enough live on the forest fringes 

 and are killed. Nothing great in size, but they make up 

 for it in hastiness. 



Hunting Season. — This is all the year, except during the 

 heaviest rains — and except (for stray khabar of marked 

 pig) in September and October. The records only begin 

 January 1909. 



1581 „ 

 183 „ 

 1781 „ 

 178 „ 

 177 „ 



Heaviest boar, 268 lbs. (height, 32^). 



Tallest boar, 35 inches (weight, 266 lbs.). 



1 lynx was killed, Christmas 1912. 



1 Langur ape ridden and killed, 1911. 



1 Sambhur stag speared, February 1914. Horns, 35| inches. 



Several hyena are killed yearly. Panther are in most 

 beats. Not unfrequently they are seen on the hill during 

 beats. One was killed when we were here about 1888. 

 Saugor pig are very carefully measured with an upright 

 against the sole and another against the wither, and 

 measurements are taken from heel to wither. 



Note by Major War drop. — I make no mention here of 

 Tent Clubs that have been already dealt with in this book. 



1 Half a season only. 



