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OF THE SPEAR 

 steadily he comes up to him ; his 

 spear is ready ; the boar pricks his 

 ears and gallops high as he shortens 

 his stride. Calvert knows that a 

 "jink" is coming, collects his horse, 

 and is ready for it when the pig sud- 

 denly turns across his front. Round 

 he comes on the instant in the same 

 direction, and jack, who is close 

 behind, similarly turns to the left ; 

 but before they have gone two 

 strides the pig twists abruptly round 

 again and leaves them both several 

 lengths to the bad as once more he 

 heads for the nullahs. 



Again it is a neck-and-neck race 

 between the two riders, Calvert hav- 

 ing a little the best of the start. In- 

 deed, it is a ding-dong race between 

 all three, for the boar has his head 

 III 



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