OF THE SPEAR 

 been readily persuaded to come and 

 try what camp life was like, and to 

 see a little of this wonderful sport 

 which they found from experience 

 was apt to draw men away from their 

 most solemn engagements. " Pig- 

 sticking " was a talisman that appa- 

 rently entitled men to break off an 

 acceptance to dinner, or to disappear 

 in the middle of a dance, to drive off 

 in their dak gharri to some distant 

 meet. 



The light rains which usually fell 

 about Christmas-time had not come, 

 consequently in the middle of the 

 day the sun was powerful, and pig- 

 sticking was only carried out in the 

 mornings and afternoons. 



To-day, although none of the heat 

 of the midday sun was able to pene- 

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