THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 high-wooded bank of the Jumna. 

 Close to us lay our hunting-ground, 

 rough grass country with occasional 

 strips of thick jungle and frequent 

 " nullahs " or dry watercourses. A 

 preliminary glance at the ground 

 overnight revealed signs of pig — in 

 acres of upturned earth — so abun- 

 dantly that we were forced to forego 

 our shooting for the first day in 

 favour of trying for a boar instead. 



Thus the early dawn found Naylor 

 and myself posted at the point of one 

 of the covers, while the coolies began 

 to beat it from the farther end. Wait- 

 ing in a state of keen expectancy, we 

 could hear their shouts drawing 

 slowly nearer and nearer, and our 

 horses' hearts were beating quick 

 and tremulous between our knees. 

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