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Updated: May 28, 2025
"I am glad to make your acquaintance, Mr. Wargrave," he said, "and very pleased to see you out with us to-day. Are you fond of pigsticking?" "I've never had the chance of doing any before, Your Highness," replied Frank, shaking his hand. "I'm awfully anxious to try it; but, being a novice, I'm afraid I'll only be in the way." "I'm sure you won't," said the Maharajah courteously.
Another sport was one similar to pigsticking as it is practised in India, except that instead of pigs native women and children were stuck with the lances. There was no kind of mutilation and monstrous cruelty that was not practised. If there be any powers of hell, they stalked at large through the forests and valleys of Espanola.
For he and his companion were going as the guests of the Maharajah of Mandha for a day's pigsticking, as hunting the wild boar is termed in India. He had finished his meal and lit a cheroot before Wargrave came yawning on to the verandah. "Sorry for being so lazy, old chap," said the newcomer. "But a year's leave in England gets one out of the habit of early rising."
He commanded his own Imperial Service regiment in the war and did splendidly. He is very good to us here." "So it seems. From what I gathered at Mess last night he appears to provide all our sport for us." "Yes; he arranges his shoots and the pigsticking meets for days on which the officers of the regiment are free to go out with him.
His command of English was perfect. "Pigsticking is not at all difficult; and I hear that you are a good rider." He looked at his watch and then, turning in the saddle, addressed another officer of the regiment who was chaffing Raymond for being late: "Are we all here now, Captain Ross?" "Yes, sir. These two lazy fellows are the last," replied Ross laughingly. "Very well, gentlemen, we'll start."
There were the wild hogs, but the hogs were wary and the big boars dangerous, and it was only when a litter of the young could be pounced upon somewhere that flint-headed spears were fully up to the emergency. On such occasions there was fine pigsticking, and then the atmosphere in the caves would be made fascinating with the odor of roasting suckling.
And then the shops and the new fashions but you're a man, and they'd mean nothing to you." The Maharajah broke in: "Mrs. Norton, I think we had better mount. There are at least half a dozen rideable boar in it." In pigsticking only well-grown boars are pursued, sows and immature boars being unmolested. Ross started forward to help Mrs.
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