THE WILD BOAR 167 



from the man with a rifle. Unfortunately, the 

 ground in Burma does not admit of pig-sticking, as 

 the only open country is given up to cultivation. 

 When met with on ground where a shot will not 

 disturb nobler game, he is generally saluted with 

 a bullet, his flesh being greatly esteemed by one's 

 Burmese followers. A wounded boar is a nasty 

 creature all the world over, his activity and 

 formidable tusks, to say nothing of his pluck, 

 making him no mean adversary. The most 

 sporting way of shooting pig in Burma is to 

 have them driven. The rifle should be a hard- 

 hitting weapon, as a wounded boar will at once 

 make for the thickest cover, and, when followed 

 up, will charge and charge again until stopped 

 by death alone. There is no getting out of the 

 way of a charging boar either, as there is with 

 bison or tsaing. He can turn on a sixpence 

 and jump like a stag, and from his comparatively 

 small size can hide until the sportsman is almost 

 on top of him. 



Wild pig, though very intelligent beasts, are 

 easily stalked. They have poor sight, and their 

 hearing is not acute. No excuse is needed for 

 shooting them in Burma wherever met with, 

 since not only is the flesh considered a great 

 dainty, but every pig killed means one enemy 

 the less to the cultivator. 



