A Christmas Meet 



takes you all your time to keep him in sight, then 

 gradually you realize he is coming back to you ; 

 nearer and nearer you get, and now thinking you 

 can use your spear, you are about to do so when 

 piggy has turned at right angles, and vanished in 

 a specially big tuft of grass. How quick you turn 

 on him depends largely on your mount. Many 

 horses will follow pig by themselves almost, and 

 turn nearly as sharp as they do. You dash into 

 the grass, and there he is again going away 

 beyond, but the "jink" has let in some one else, 

 who is now riding him hotly, and you have in turn 

 to ride on a flank, hoping that another jink will 

 bring you in again. Eventually some one spears ; 

 the boar now discards flight and becomes a demon, 

 charging every one in turn, and hurling his 200 

 or so pounds of bone and muscle at the horses. 

 Never a sound comes from him but his angry 

 Wouf! wouf! as he charges, till full of wounds 

 and glory he suddenly sinks down and expires. 



A parah stag gives a longer chase, so long that 

 unless one is well mounted it is useless starting. 

 Also, he has no fight in him, so that many are 

 allowed to go if there are plenty of pig on foot. A 

 good stag will stand some 11 hands high, and 

 carries pretty little horns with brow and trez tines 

 some 15, 16, or 17 inches in length. 



But to return to this particular meet of Christ- 

 mas, 1895. We were out for six days, keeping 



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