THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 high-wooded bank of the Jumna. 

 Close to us lay our hunting-ground, 

 rough grass country with occasional 

 strips of thick jungle and frequent 

 " nullahs " or dry watercourses. A 

 preliminary glance at the ground 

 overnight revealed signs of pig in 

 acres of upturned earth so abun- 

 dantly that we were forced to forego 

 our shooting for the first day in 

 favour of trying for a boar instead. 



% Thus the early dawn found Nay lor 

 and myself posted at the point of one 

 of the covers, while the coolies began 

 to beat it from the farther end. Wait- 

 ing in a state of keen expectancy, we 

 could hear their shouts drawing 

 slowly nearer and nearer, and our 

 horses' hearts were beating quick 

 and tremulous between our knees. 



