THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 attacked with all military precaution 

 and completeness. 



The regiment proceeded through 

 it in line at half-open files ; patrols 

 of four officers each were posted or 

 moved well in advance of the line, 

 so that when a boar was scared by 

 the noise of the approaching line, 

 then one of these patrols nearest to 

 him would ride after him and en- 

 deavour to bring him to account. 



So successful was the operation 

 that in a short time each of the 

 parties was away after its separate 

 boar. Still pigs were seen to be 

 running away ahead of the line with 

 no one to hunt them, till the colonel, 

 who had hitherto been directing the 

 operations generally, gave the order 

 for certain non-commissioned officers 

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