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THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 Pig-sticking is the acknowledged 

 king of Eastern sports, and there are 

 many reasons why it should and 

 must be so. 



For one thing, it demands the 

 assistance of the horse, and this in 

 itself commends it more particularly 

 to the Anglo-Saxon race. Then it is 

 one of the few sports in which the 

 hunter is almost always associated 

 with others of his kind. In most 

 big-game expeditions the shooter is 

 attended only by a few trackers or 

 beaters — more guns would spoil 

 sport ; and, although there may be, 

 and is, a certain charm for a time in 

 such solitary life, yet eventually the 

 sportsman cannot but long for com- 

 panionship of his fellows in his 

 evening camp. Nor is it good for a 

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