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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