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behind, bit the dust, after having twice charged in 



a most gallant manner. N claimed the first 



blood of the day. 



The pace was now becoming tremendous, and 



the second sow was rolled over by S , O , 



and D , whose spears were applied several times 



before we heard the final squeal (the signal of 

 dissolution). 



I kept steadily after the boar, and by this diver- 

 sion gained a couple of lengths ahead, when my 

 horse put his foot on the loose stump of a tree 

 and rolled over, giving me a header which made 

 me see a considerable number of stars, and left 

 me rather confused for the moment. On swept 

 the field, which I could see was " tailing off" very 

 considerably ; and after I had ascertained that no 

 bones were broken, and Lall Babba had given 

 himself a shake, I sprang into the saddle again, 

 and was once more en route. 



I was very much thrown out by this spill, and 

 had lost ground, but, as luck would have it, the 

 hog made for a deep ravine, having a drop of 

 more than a dozen feet, which brought our field 

 to a check. The boar managed to scramble down, 

 and running along the bottom of the nullah for 

 some distance, climbed up the opposite bank. 



After riding some distance along the edge of 

 the chasm, which was overgrown in "places by 



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