Buck and Boar round Meerut 



follow every "jink" entirely "on his own;" and 

 fear, he had none. So marked were these traits 

 in his character, that even if the meet was only 

 a mile from the camp, and I meant to ride him 

 first, I would have him led on to the line and 

 hack another horse there. He would be such 

 a nuisance on the way, though good as gold 

 directly real business began with the starting of 

 the beaters. 



Three more boar, a fine parah stag, and a 

 barren sow completed the record of this most 

 successful meet. Barren sows bring their fate on 

 their own heads by carrying tushes, and in such 

 cases the usual fine of champagne all round for 

 sticking a sow is remitted. There were none 

 of those serious mishaps that so often mar the 

 pleasures of pig-sticking on this occasion ; several 

 horses were gashed, but nothing that a few 

 stitches couldn't put all right. 



On January 23 I took the train to Delhi, 

 and, after sleeping at the station, drove out the 

 next morning to Alipur, ten miles on the Muttra 

 road. Here I met a horse and a camel that I had 

 sent on from Meerut by road. The camel, 

 with a good " oont wallah " (camel man), is a 

 useful auxiliary on these occasions ; he does not 

 alarm game, and from his commanding height 

 the oont wallah can well search the surrounding 

 country ; also, the oont can carry more lunch and 



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