THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 man to become accustomed to a 

 solitary life ; Englishmen are already 

 misanthropical and reserved enough 

 in all conscience, without such fur- 

 ther training. In pig-sticking, on 

 the other hand, the hunters live, 

 and move, and hunt in parties ; and 

 yet individual excellence is as 

 necessary as ever to success, 

 while it gains the additional spice 

 born of friendly rivalry with one's 

 fellows. 



Again, the risks and chances, 

 which after all form a great part 

 of the charm of most wild sports, 

 are in pig - sticking incomparably 

 greater than those in ordinary tiger- 

 shooting ; that is to say, tiger-shoot- 

 ing from an elephant, for I do not 

 look on that carried out on foot as 



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