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Title: Pen and pencil sketches; being reminiscences during eighteen years' residence in Bengal
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Hutchisson, W. H, Florio
Subjects: Wilson, John, Rev Bengal (India) -- Description and travel Bengal (India) -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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The boarcaught the charge plump, well, and firmly in theshoulder, and was rendered thereby liors de combat;but he had at the same time made good his own charge,and struck his whetted tusks in the hunters foot. The shock Mills had received told him at oncedamage was done somewhere; and, dismounting,we found that a severe wound, cutting deejDly andlaying open the outside of the right foot extendingfrom the toes up to the ligament of the ankle, hadbeen given by the gallant pig, who was still defendinghimself, disabled though he was, against the spearsof M—re and myself, who had dismounted to 224 PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. despatcli him; and silently he sank into deathsslumbers, in a vain attempt to give a final charge.He was evidently not a fresh hoar^ but most probablythe one Mills had ridden after, and lost just before. Dr. D was soon up, and cutting off the boot, he bound up the wound. Mills was immediately on hishorse again, fresh as ever, but our firmness pre- ^^^»;%);/ir(^;r4^k^#
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BENGAL WILD BOAR. vented his further riding. Leaving his Nutmegwith a heavy sigh, he exclaimed, while looking at hisfoot, • Beastly; not half so bad as if you had beencut, old nag. Mounting him on an elephant we proceeded tothe tents; but, with all our care, ill news had flownquick and magnified the accident to Mrs. Mills, whowas greatly alarmed. On our approach, things did THE PURNEAH SHIKAREES. 225 not appear quite so bad, for we were all laughingand talking about the accident, and Mills was themerriest of us all. The foot was dressed, andthe day was spent as pleasantly as could be undersuch a stop to sport. The next morning four more stinkers were killedat an early hour; Dr. D.s grey arab Tulip andM—res horse getting cut up most particularly well.The accident however had rendered it necessary fora move towards home, and the camp broke up aftera hasty breakfast. The Purneah Shikarees are a class of men whogain their livelihood by the premium offered byGrovernment for the destruc

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