THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 the pig. The boar, in charging 

 Buldoo, had brushed close past 

 himself, so that he was able to grip 

 the spear with both hands and to 

 wrench it out. But the shaft was 

 split beyond repair. Once more the 

 coolies form to beat the cover, and, 

 whether it is some innate pluck or a 

 stoical submission to fate that guides 

 them, one cannot but admire the 

 way in which they proceed, unarmed 

 and on foot, to tackle a brute who 

 has ten to one the best of them in 

 the jungle. Nay lor, too, dismounts, 

 and is going in with them, spear in 

 hand, leaving me to ride the boar 

 should he break ; but at this moment 

 excited shouting from a shepherd on 

 a neighbouring knoll informs us that 

 our wily quarry has taken advantage 

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