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censured and mis-called unwomanly and hard* The 

 staid matron and the Society butterfly may, through 

 a touch of jealousy, or by reason of their narrow 

 prejudices, condemn women whom happy occasion has 

 enabled to call into play those latent forces and capa- 

 bilities with which they have been endowed ; but the 

 trophies which decorate the walls of their sanctum 

 sanctorum call forth admiration and reverence, rather 

 than constitute mute witnesses of outraged woman- 

 hood. 



That evening " the boar, the mighty boar, was 

 certainly our theme." Kapurthalah told us an incident 

 which illustrates the extraordinary agility of pig. 

 A boar was being hard pressed and galloped into a 

 nullah, which was steep and deep, more like a narrow 

 chasm than a ravine. Down this, along the bottom 

 of it, he raced, followed by a sahib upon a fast 

 waler. The banks on either side, overhanging the 

 path, were some six feet or more in height. Suddenly 

 the pig turned a sharp corner out of sight ; by some 

 superhuman effort he scaled the bank and gained the 

 top. Turning short round, he leaped the entire width 

 of the nullah and landed safely on the opposite side, 

 clearing both horse and rider as he jumped, except 

 for the sahib's pith helmet, which he knocked off ! 



The great Bacon remarks that " Hog-hunting is not 

 only more scientific, but is a more dangerous sport 

 than tiger-shooting." Certainly tackling a wounded 

 boar on foot involves great risk ; but I should say that 

 more lives have been lost after tiger than can ever 



