THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 to take patrols of men with them and 

 see what they could do with their 

 swords against the pigs. In a short 

 time several of such parties were to 

 be seen scouring across country in 

 full pursuit of the common foe. To 

 say that they enjoyed it would in no 

 way express their excitement and 

 delight. 



They galloped here, they galloped there, 

 They fought, they swore, they sweated. 



In a word, they had a glorious time, 

 albeit when the "Rally" sounded 

 the bag beyond those killed by the 

 spear parties was not a large one. 

 Still, when all was over, the horses 

 groomed and fed, and the men at 

 their dinners and free to talk, the 

 babel in the bivouac was almost 

 ludicrous, since every man at once 

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