LUTCHMAN THE BEYDAR. 85 



among these people), amid the plaudits of his 

 companions. The boar is carried in triumph to 

 the village, where an equal division is made 

 of the flesh, the head being the perquisite of his 

 slayer. Lutchman has the tusks of many boars in 

 his hut ; some of these are quite five inches long 

 and must have belonged to hoary monsters. Yet 

 he never boasts of his prowess, and even when 

 asked to tell the tale of his victories, he merely 

 says, " The foolish animal rushed on my spear, 

 thinking it was a millet stalk, but he was mis- 

 taken." 



