Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-02

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Boar Hunting in India.
In tho month Of January, 1861, was out
hog-hunting at village some ten miles from
Hingolee, in the Deccan, and beating the
sugar-cane at daylight without success. A
villager came up to me and said .E . .-.
"What are you beating the cane fors II
you want to see hog, come with me; I'll
show you one" ~ "..
Falling at the time to the rear Of nv horse.
he whispered to native officer of the cavalry
regiment then commanded: ,arn
The sahib won't be able to kill him, he is
such monster; We arc afraid to 60 near the
place where he lives"
| My first impression was that he was the
owner Of the sugar r-cane, and wished to allure
us away from it; however, promised him q
present il he would show us his large friend.
On this he gaily led the way, until, coming
over the brow Of hill about half mile from
the cane, he stopped dead, and pointing to an
object in the field below us, saying, "There
he is.''
| In the mist of the morning this appeared
to me like a large blue rock, much too large
for hog; however, the object moved, or
rather got up, and there was no mistakinc it.
About hundred and twenty yards on the
other side of him was deep corrie, or fissure
in the hill, thickly wooded this evidently
was his stronghold, and if he chose to make
his rush for it there was no chance of being
able to intercept and spear him. Thinking
it possible that he might not run, but fight at
once, started to gallop round the field and
place myself between the boar and his strong
hold. The native officer with me was very
good rider, man we'll known for his courage,
and for being one Of the best spearsmen and
horscmen in the Nizam's cavalry. He was
mounted on good Arab horse; I was on an
imported Arab mare she having been sent
by the Pacha of Egypt to the Nawab of the
Caranatic, and sold at auction at Madras,
whence had procured her. It was about
the first time had ridden her hunting.
We galloped round, and stood behind the
hedge of the field, waiting for the beatcrs to
come up, and if possible, to drive the big fel-
low away from the hills. Standing, as was
behind hedge considerably higher than my
mares head, did not see the boar The
duisadar, who was some thirty yards to my
left, but looking over lower part of the hedge,
shouted out, Look out here he comes"
The marc was standing still, and had but
just time to dropm my spear-point, which caught
the boar in his rise; the blade was buried in
his withers. The beautiful mare, from her
standing position, cleared with one bound the
boar, spear and all, as this was carried out of
my hand; then suddenly turning was in a
moment in her stride after the hog. The lat
ter had but seventy yards to reach the edge
of the cover, so shouted to the Duffadar Al
lahoodeen Khan, There goes my spear
spear him ~ ....
Just as the boar struck the first branch of
the jungle with his back, breaking my spear
in two, the duffadar closed with him in q
moment. The boar having been missed by
the spear, was under the horse, and thus for
thirty yards the latter, literally lifted off his
legs, was plunging and kicking until the rider
camet to the ground. Fortunately, I had three
dogs out with us, and having shouted to let
them 60, they came up and took off the attcn-
ton Of the boar, at the moment thought he
was on the duffadar. The latter had fallen
on his sword and broken It, SO that he was
utterly helpless, for had not then obtained
another spear. In the next moment the boar
and the dogs had disappeared in the Jungle ;
which was, as before remarked, his strong
hold. Immediately procured spear, / rode
up the face Of the hill, and round the farther
end Of the corrie heard the dogs baying the
boar below me; but it was impcrvious, and,
from rock and jungle, was inaccessible to the
horse. Looking toward the spot from whence
had come, and across to the opposite side
Of the corrie, / saw the duffadar again mount
cd, and shouting to him: a
"Lend me big spear; como down and let
US spear him on foot; he is killing the dogs"
The man replied:
"For Heavens sake, sahib, don't attempt
it on foot!'' '-'--.t'. '.,.,
It then suddenly occurred to me that this
was the native officer who ayear before, when
out with another party, had been dreadfully
wounded by wild boar on that occasion
the boar knocked him down, and stripped
the flesh off his thighs. At this moment, up
came one of my people with my heavy double
rifle, and still being under the impression that
the boar was killing the dogs, descended on
foot into the rayine, leaving my mare with
the gun-carrier Just as got to the bottom,
saw the monster boar with his back to 1
tree, and the three dogs looking very eau
tiously at him. He was about forty yards
distance from me-
There was an open, green space where the
water lodged in the rains, and clear of Jungle
At the farther end stood the boar. Directly
he saw me, putting his head little down to
take aim, he came straight at me, increasing
his pace from the trot to the charge.
When about fifteen yards off he received
the first bullet of my rife in his neck. TAX
ing not the least notice Of It. he came on, and
the second barrel, fred at him at about FIVE
yards, broke his left under iaw-bone 1t the
tusk. Fortunately brought my rife down
to the charge, and striking it with his head,
the boar sent me over on my back. While
running over me, he made glance and woun-
ded me in the left arm. Had not put down
my rifle-barrel at the moment, most probably
his tusks would have been buried in my body,
and this interesting talc never appeared be.
fore the public!
AS it was, had two shooting jackets on,
it being very cold morning; and suffered
more from the jar on my shoulders than from
the wound. As lay, / seized the end ofmy
rifls-barrel, determining to cell my life as
dearly Is pessihlA 70 my dA6ght must
cay, ! sGw the boar knock over the man who
was running down with my big spear He
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