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16 HUNTERS COMING BY SURPRISE ON A TIGRESS AND CUBS.
.ravollc,-. Tow»r.l. ,he sea coast t h c v v e . a,
|„.i„o- aK-Ho,l by llie li.K-. .'c-ÜT.« ll.e swlm.cnt wasl.ocl d o v , fio... U.ç
, „ . . „ . - i c» 1...I i.. «I- 1..-OVÍ..CC.. ll.c .-ivc, aro lor ,1,0 ,,.o»l par,
1, 0 „oa,- ,1. .o,v..s M„.aloa o„ ,l.oir l,»„l<s, a,„1 flow ,l„-o„gl, o„l,or ,-ock,
1 ; V ,0,1.. I" ;
Í I ..„„^„„¡ck-sal.tU- occaMO.,allvll,c"alc|-ss.,ik liceali. :r::i;:t:io;,. a. ,o...„u.. ,„o.., .r .„,0
I,.., ,1.1, ¡^ P<-C„liar ,1,0 s„-ea,„s eo„Ug„o, .. ,0 l„lly co.,„lr,o,, Iro...
whicl. tlioy i-eoelve ihoir sapiilics.
The „a,ivo a, well as ,l,o Eoropoa,, officers l,avo tl,o prlvilogo of ,i,li„g will,
„ , e i . . respeoúvo o„...pa..ics; ,l.oy a . . go..e,.lly
l,o..sos of ,vl,iol. a., a„,plo ,lesoriplio„ i. g,vo., ,.. I'la.o X X X V 111. , 1„ J , uea,
of .,,»; .„1,00, i„ pa,.,io,,lar. Tl.o Ho,.„..ral„.. C„,„pa,,y - - ^
a oa..,ol 10 eael, ba„alio„ for ,1.0 parpóse ot o„„v..y..,g ll,e 1 ell le, a,.<l Lia,,,. ,o„.s. Eaol, E„,.opoa,. offieer in ge„o..al l.as o.,l.or a,, elopl.a,, , or two
3 " for ,l,e eo„vova„ce of l.i. baggage; ,l,e whole of wl„eh togotho.; w„h
his ,0„,, 1„. is bo„,„l ,0 provi,le a„.l eo„voy o„ all oeea.„„,.s ,., l,,s ow„ ...s<,ue
reoeiviog fro,.. ,1,» Co...pa,.y a stated allowanee „, ...oaoy, .vl..,!. ,s ,„deod
couside,°,ble, as a part of 1,1s „.o..ll.ly pay.
A l , l , o „ g l , ,1.0 ..uu.ber of ea.,.p followo..s absolutely attached to the corps is
„real vc,^, is ,a,.eh a,.g„.c..tcd by ll.e .„a.,y who take a.lvaalago o the p..ol
c e l i o . , ' . „ „ l s..pplv airo..ded, to ,e„,ove IVo.n o.,e part to another. Ihrcghout
the .N..bob Vi/.i,..."of Oude' s country there is „0 police i allhoagh caci, supcr,or
of ., v i l la™ is bo,.,.,l IO p,.cse,.ve o,.,ler ll„.o„ghoul his proeine,. Such indce.l ,,
,he .„eKneholy state of that fo,.tile Icrrltory, ,bat lo say the Ic-ast, three parls ,n
four lie'desolate. a„.l even ,ho ,.e„,aini..g porlio.. toe,us with ........1er! Ubo.,
il is known lhat the jmmm.hr, or chief officer, prolocts au,l shares with the
banditti of his lown.'itwill not sn.-prise the rea.ler, lhal it „0, „..fr<.,p,e..,ly has
h i p p c . e d tba, ballalio..s have bee,, p,.evo„ted fro,.. cuea,nping at their ,ntcnded
g,.ou..ds, merely by ,he wells in their vicinity being putrid, ow.i.g to the .nany
.nurdored persons ll.row., i..lo the...
Whether Iho praCiees of ,he people ,.csult fro,,, a.. i...be..ilc govo.-n.nen,. o.'
fro... ,heir own dcp,.avity, „.ay be difficul, ,o detc,..„ine ; b,„ iho follow,ng
shocking oee„r..e..ce, wl.iob ,ook place ii, the year 179.5, ,.ear taonpore, .„
the l\,.bob Vizier's do.„i„io„s, ,..ay se,.ye to incline the r.-ader s op„„on prob
' . b l v ,0 the ri-ht canso. Were it not that ti.e fullest p..oofs w e e adduced
before a go.,eral court rnarlial, a..,l lhat Ihe whole wore fresh in the .iieraory
of .nany go,.llenen .,ow in lingho.d, 1 should noi feel bol,I enough to ..phohl
so I.Ó..Áira..d 1 may ..l.nost say so incredible, an i.istanee of barbarity to
ll.e worhl.
A poor labourer having occasion to b„y some provision at a hut by the ,.oad
side, iocai.tiously .lisplaj-ed his riches, amou,iti..g to somewhat less than the
value of a shilling, lo some olhers, who wc|.e also p„i.chasi..g at the san.c stall.
He pi o c e e d d o,. his ,vay, followed by an old woman, and a lad of about fo..rleei..
These it sec.neil, envied his lillle l..cas.i..o, and ag..ocd lo rob hun, bn, not
Ihinkii.g themselves strong enough to en'eot their |,..rpose, they ii.timate.l it to
si..v ,„0,^, whon, they easnally n.et o., the road. The a.ljustmcnl of iho matter
was shorl, and ihc whole eight all,.eked ll.e poor individr.al. Hcwas .......dcrcd,
alter being J.obbed of his few pence; i.i ihe iliyision of which a ,p,a,.,.el arose,
which terminated in their all bci.,g hai.geil i„ chains, ,ivo at eael, quarlerof ll.e
eanlon,nen,s. The peculiar trait in ,his ...claneholy fact is, that it appeared on
investigation all parlies were perfcet sti aiigC'S, havi.ig never seen each o,hcr „n,il
iho day of the n.uriler. We ]j..obably ,nighl search ihc world over to finil any
Ihree poisons who under such ci,.c„,nslances wonld con.bine for s„eh a purpose.
Tho„<d. ,he above ,l,„sl stai.d confessed as the e.vtl-cne of depravity, yet ,na.,y
instances might be i|uoted not nn.ch inferior thereto. In fad, so well ,lo ihe
inhabitants k..ow the disposilio., of ihe peasantry, and the insufficiccy of
cont|.o..l in the govCTnmcnl, that such as l.ai'e occasion lo remove gladly avail
I hemsclves of the .„a..ch of a corps lo eflect their wishes ; but even then .lot
wilhont Iho precaution of being armcil conformably to the custom of the
co„nl,.y, with a sword and shield at least.
Such as can afford it, never fall to pr-ovi.le a riml or covercd /„icfc,;,/ for the
conveyance of their wives ; who arc kept close at ,dl times IVom the sight of
raci. Nay, even such wo...en as are mom.tcd o.i ho..ses, &c. above the
sacks of baggage, ai e bound by eslablishcl rule to conce.d their faces, whaleyor
part besides mi y be naked ! The k.iowing .-akes, however, so.„cti..,es contnye 10
l.iilucc a lady lo .-eveal her beauties by some siiee,., ,vhich nothing but sncl. a
n.easare co„l,l defeat; s..cl. as whispc-ing, load enough lo be hca,.d, ,hat
" the poor wonnu, was once convicted of a., heinous offence, and was iinmshcd,"
as is very common i„ ,he nalive courts of justicc, " wilh ihe loss of her nose
an,l ears." To sueh, a si„,plc denial would be insnQlcict, and the poor innocent
is compelled lo display those features which wc.-e said lo have been „...-
lilaled. The reader is not lo conclude that this undciable cvi.lence would bo
p,.o,luced in the .nidst of a crow.l, or to satisfy the curiosity, or ,o silencc ihe
j e e r i n g s of an ohl follow ; a glance through a sn.all aperture generally dccles
whclher the railer he worthy of such a bread, of decorun.. ll.e worhl .s egregiously
ib.pcd by the opinion lhal seraglios are conducive to security. E.vperionce
proves wl'.al .-easo., wouhl suggest, thai wbc,.e we repose trust in locks
and walls, we a.-,- ...osl f,.e,p„.,.lly disappoinle.l; a„,l that ihe ...osl |,r.v,.lo
placos are most suitable to Inlrigue. Hence we lind that in the boasted
of India the ...osl libidinous praeliccs arc most prevalent.
P L A T E V.
THE HOG AT BAY.
I T lias already been stated, lhat the u,ode of hunting necessarily varies w 1,1,
the nature of the cover. The le,.,n " bringing to bay" must however be understood
lo imply the ,-esislance matle by the hog lo his pursuers, the period
of which is (luitc a nialler of chanci-, being someti,ues depciilant on the disposition
of ll.e hog, a..d oflen o.. the s..perior speed of the ho..ses. In eano
covc-s, generally sur,.oanded by rhur, &c. whc-e ihe distances lo he run a..e
very shorl, and where iho hog has it ehietly i.. v iew lo gain an asylum, all depends
on speed a..d precision ; bnl in ll.e ordinai.y coarse of g|.ass h....ti..g, ll.e chases,
Ihough sometimes long, ate less a. d..ous, and the principal object of Ihe hu..ler
is lo keep sight of the game. Hence whe.. hogs fairly lake out fi.on, eovcr, or
assu.ne open situations, ihcir fale may be considered as decided; but even on
s..eh occasions Ihc yonng sportsman will oflen find hi,nself foiled. Too much
zeal n,ay in.pai.. ll.e horse's wi..,l; and a., attack before the hog may have been
s.lHieienlly run, no, nnfictjuenlly gives occasion 10 a most animaled defence.
T h i s may all'o,.d much dcUght to such as p.-efer the extreme of the sporl; as
some fox-huntei.s ,.alher seek ,han avoid dangerous leaps a..d piecipices, by way
of evincing what tbey consider a laudable spirit; but the cool veteran, who in
the e.id kills .no..e game, a,id whose ho..se is saved from ,nai,ns a..d hlc.nishes,
most assuredly is cut i l lcd ,o our decisive approbation. We may at all limes make
a fair allowance for a small ]>arly, or for a innlliplieily of game; under cill.cr
of which eiroumslances p,.o„,pl ...easures are frcp.enlly indispensible. As an
i..stance, I i-eeolleet being i.. company with two brother sporls,neu, whe.i we
slartcd a ]ai.gc drove of hogs from a gr-ass eovcr ; they took ,0 a hue pla... ..,-
Ie,.spe,.sed wilh villages, topes, and enllivalion. Tl„-ee large hoars separated Iron,
the he..,!, and bent their co„,.se lowa,.|ls a point where, at ihe distance of about
four miles, they inighl reach an extensive bu..d, or jungle of underwood. As
they 8ca.npe..cd ..early i.. a parallel dii-ection wilh each oll.er, wc made a point
of attacking Ihe r..>tof Ihen, that appea.e.l ...osl in llesh ; and he was easily ove,--
powe|.ed : one of ,ny conipa.,io..s then kep, a., eye o., iho lleelest of the other
two, leaving us lo manage ,he second, which we ilid n.o..c at leisure. The thi.-d
p..oved terribly obsli.iale ; he was licet, strong, and very sturdy. I-Iowever,
after a chase of about half an hour, in «hich wc had various falls au.ong
goauchics, or kiiol)s in tlic soil, wc killed bim witliin a qnarler of a mile from
ail uiidcTuootl jiiiiglo, ¡11 which liu (1 he once found .sbeller, 1 hoii.san ds of nieri
cuuld i.ol have (lish.dgcil him. Tl lis hog amused himself a.s he wen il over ihe
iifhls, aiul liiroiigli eiglil or Ion vill ages whicb he look in bis • rt-ay, wi lb ripping
at tlie caldc iuid pca.sanls : one iii iforlnnate \voniaii, who w; us drav • ing water
i'roiii a well, he lliivw iiiLo il; she was however soon relieved1 hy tb.e olhe r inhabitanis,
who seeing iho claiigci .• pasl, flocked lo her ai< 1. Il should he
observed, ihaL ihc exorlioii used i n killing Ihe Iwo lir.sl; nit •nlione« 1 hogs had
imich iiripaircd our hoi-ses' spce<l, a nd lhat ihis bog having jiroceeded at his own
pace, go I into good wind, and gave an iniinily of troubh-, \ vbich V i-ould have
been saved had we been able lo fo ree him to hi.s speed al his onlsel.
I ilo not recollect any chase so anluons as the o..c just i.istanced ; for our
thi..<l victim yiehled his breath in a ,ope wheic we oflen fixed o.lr hu.iting
camp, which was about seye.i .nilcs f.'o.n ll.e gra.ss cover whence ll.e drove bail
bolleil. The g..ound ran over, the greater part of which was duri.ig the last
chasc, could not be less than tivclve niiles. The smallest boar measun-.l ralla r
less lhan ihirty-live inches, Ihe s.-conil was ..|raards of ihirly-six, and our
troublesome friend was nearly thirty-ni.ie from the heel lo the iiithers.
We had oecasio.i lo rcUirn ho...e lhat cve..i..g, a.iil as is usual, bea, ll.e
covc-s boidering the way. Wc slarleil a porker, aflcr which one of ,ny con.-
..ades bent his eou.'sc, b..l was unhappily soon slopt shorl by a fall. This ..npleasant
occurrence was oeeasioned by his horse's fool gelling ii.lo the Ira. li of
an elephaul's foot-steps th.-ough a low piece of ground, which i.. ihe rains had
been a deep ...ud, but w-as ,.0,v baked hard as stone by the sun. .My frien.l fell
with his shoulder against the edge of another print of the clephanl's fool : a
fracture was the consetprencc. Though sporlsmen ,lo not ahvays slop lo pick
U|) ui.fortunalo Inelhrcn, ,ve on ibis occasion |,ulled ..p. and ihe hog w.is left
at filli liberly to save his bacon.
It is not, as wc hay, ady remarked, easy to determini
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