164 THE WILD BOAR. 
theii’ lives in the attack ; but the older and 
better trained keep him at bay till the 
hunters come up and dispatch him with the 
lances and spears with which they are armed- 
The hunting of the wild hog is also a fe' 
vourite diversion in India. Captain BlakiS' 
ton, incidentally mentioning the abundance 
of game in Berar, says that this animal, “ at' 
tracted by the numerous plantations of sugaf' 
cane, and fattened on this luxuriant food? 
afforded excellent sport and a most dainty 
feast : for, in my opinion, no meat can he 
compared to that of a fat full-grown wild ho^' 
Not being prepared with the requisite gearing I 
for this sport, we were compelled to have t®' 
course to weapons hastily prepared for the i 
occasion. The bayonet, at the end of a 
often supplied the place of a spear, and th® 
haunches of this noble animal, which migh^ 
have excited the appetite even of an alderm^'^' 
smoked from right to left of the camp. 
