Sporting Trips of a Subaltern 



Christmas royally by night and pursuing swine by 

 day. I never knew good rideable boars so scarce ; 

 we killed five only, of which the tallest was 30 

 inches at the withers, and the heaviest 170 Ibs. 

 We had to put in a good deal of time with other 

 game. I rode back one afternoon to the edge of 

 the kardir, where I had seen a good herd of black 

 buck on my way out, and was lucky enough to bag 

 a nice buck. The total bag, besides the boar, 

 being 1 parah (speared) and 1 goose, 221 duck, 

 92 snipe, 36 partridge, 6 hare, 6 quail, 2 pigeon, 

 and my black buck. Considering the few boar 

 killed, our casualty list was a heavy one, con- 

 sisting of one horse killed by falling and breaking 

 his neck, and four lamed more or less severely. 



One incident I will mention before closing my 

 account of this meet. I was riding behind the line 

 with my syce (groom) following me ; beside him 

 was walking another syce with my second horse. 

 A very diminutive boar broke back through the line, 

 bowling over a coolie like a ninepin. Being un- 

 rideable, I, of course, let him alone ; the ungrateful 

 little beast, however, went straight for my two 

 syces, and had them both on their backs sharp. 

 He then stood for a moment under my led horse, 

 ripping up at him like an old boar. Fortunately, 

 having no tushes, he did no particular harm. 



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