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Pig-sticking or Hog-hunting : a complete account for Sportsmen 
and others. By Capt. R. 8. Bapren-Powenn, 13th Hussars, 
Illustrated by the Author. 8vo., pp. 212, London; 
Harrison & Sons. 1889, 
We have had no better book on this subject since the appear- 
ance of Capt. Newall’s ‘ Hog-hunting in the East,’ and no more 
graphic illustrations since the publication, in 1851, of Capt. 
J. F. Fotheringham’s ‘ Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India’ 
(in oblong folio), which, devoted exclusively to Hog-hunting, 
soon went out of print, and has never been re-published. 
Those who have had opportunities of taking active part in 
this thoroughly Anglo-Indian sport insist that it puts every other 
kind of hunting completely in the shade, not excepting Fox- 
hunting, and aver that not only do you get as fast a run over as 
difficult ground as is to be found anywhere, but there is the 
greater excitement of pursuing at full speed an animal which. if 
brought to bay or wounded, will turn upon its pursuer and show 
gallant fight. After reading some of Capt. Baden-Powell’s 
stories of good days after pig, we cannot wonder at the enthu- 
siasm which has prompted him to write this very entertaining 
book. 
He explains the choice of title by remarking that in Bengal 
the sport is designated ‘ Pigsticking,” and in Bombay ‘ Hog- 
hunting,” adding that the modern form of it (that is, riding 
down a boar on horseback and killing it with a spear), is not of 
great antiquity, but ‘‘ became recognised only at the beginning 
of this century as the substitute for bear-sticking, which had 
until then been the most popular sport in Bengal.” He tells us 
the ‘‘ points” of a good boar, the signs of age, size, weight, &c., 
describes the animal’s haunts and habits, its craftiness, speed, 
and ferocity, and descants upon the long spear and the short 
spear, discussing their respective merits. 
The chapter on “rearing pig” will have no interest for 
British agriculturists ; it relates not to feeding and fattening, 
but to getting the beast out of covert. For Hog-hunting, like 
other sports, has its technical terms. You may “‘flush” a 
Woodcock, “put up” a Wild Duck, “spring” a Pheasant, or 
“rouse” a Stag, but you “rear” a Wild Boar, and (as our 
