A fine sow and four pigs were run into, while the other one ran into a well, thirty feet deep, to save his life, as it turned out, for the party were so touched by his appearance when he was fished out after half an hour's swim, that he was allowed a furlough on sick certificate to his native jungles until the next party.

16th. We killed two hog at Sepoorah, and might have done much better, for five fine hog got away. The jungle, however, is a very difficult one, being a deep thick nullah, that spreads into numerous branches all well covered, so that keeping sight is mere luck if you ride in the midst of it.

17th. Our tents were sent to Nanug Jowla-the Beema being voted no go. On our way there we went through the Wurgaum jungle, where I walked up to a bush in which I had twice before found hog, and actually again turned up a sounder of a large sow and six pigs, which gave us royal sport, each hog having his quantum of riders after him, and all being killed.

18th. We beat the Wagah nullah, and another nullah, in which we found last year, bush by bush, without seeing a pug. This was miserable, and we did not know in which direction to move, so 'much discouraged were we by our il luck, until old Duttoo, who had been left in this part of the country while we went to the Beema covers, came in with his report. He had been

to

Patroof and Ambee, and found next to nothing, and recommended our returning to Merrichgaum, or going to a tank near Barsee, forty miles further in the direction of Sholapoor. We decided on the latter alternative, and on the following day proceeded as far as Annalah,

beating a sugar-cane field on the road, in which fresh pugs were visible, but found no hog. At this place the shooters had capital sport, the quail being very

numerous.

20th. On our road to Ashtee we had the luck to find in some sugar-canes. One hog broke along after a great deal of beating, and being speedy and a good turner, gave the field a little fun. Three then broke together, all fine hog, but one, a sow, remarkably so. I need scarcely say they were bagged.

21st. Our fortune now changes. We were hardly dressed for breakfast when in came a villager, puffing like one who had to run for his life, with information of a sounder in a patch of grass within sight of our tents. Although the men who watched knew when the hog had squatted, and the grass was not so high as a man's knee, yet we actually beat till we were tired, and were thinking of giving them up as a bad job, when they were found through the means of a gentleman's horse refusing to tread upon them, as they were lying under his nose. The ground was beautiful; we gave them fair play, and every rider being in a line, the word was given to ride. A large sow had three riders at her, and the spear was taken without a turn; the poor pigs were mercilessly slaughtered, five out of six being killed. On our road to the tank, on some hills to the left, another fine sow and a litter of four or five pigs were turned up out of a pile of kurbee, on rather awkward ground; however, this did not save them-every one was killed. Eleven hog had now been sacrificed, and we fully expected that our work was over, but no such thing; Duttoo made his appearance while the "mug'

sounder of twenty was marked in these hills, and made for the tank on being roused. Thirteen never reached it; of these, three were splendid sows; of the others, three had taken refuge in the weeds that fringed the water, and were afterwards beaten out and killed. An immense boar, found lying under a dry stick on the top of the hills, was run down to the tank by three gentlemen, who had the luck to be in for him, and was killed with great difficulty, one horse being severely ripped during the operation.

23rd. While our shikarrees were out on the search, we were at work with a sounder found by the villagers, whom the hope of reward had animated to exertion. Every hog was killed: viz., three very fine sows and three pigs. Duttoo arrived as soon almost as we did at the tents, with more good news, and we were remounted and among the bristlers again in no time. A fine boar and six large sows, with a lot of pigs, after crossing the hills away from the tank, took straight down into the plain near the village of Kategaum, and 16 of them bit the dust after excellent running. That good old

horse Exmouth was ripped once more by the boar and put "horsde-combat" for some weeks. Today's hog amounted to 22.

24th.-To-day we bid farewell to the tank and marched to Boom.

25th. On our way to Patroof, and about two miles short of it, we killed three boars and one large sow that broke singly out of some sugar-canes-every sportsman in the field riding at each of them; and to finish this most superb of all our hunting days, we turned out a sounder of one large boar and six welting sows, of which every one was killed, though it was nearly dark before our work was ended. The ground this day was by no means bad; three of the severest tumbles, however, short of breaking bones, I ever witnessed, were met with in the course of one of the runs. Two porcupines and a fawn were also speared during the day.

26th.-Moved on to Kurdah, beating the Patroof teeknees on the way, and killed five hog, three very large sows, and two pigs.

27th. By dint of beating and riding up and down the difficult hills at Daicknah all day long, three of the party, all the rest having struck work, got a sounder of five to break into the plain at the top, and with their jaded but indefatigable bits of blood, managed to kill four fine sows.

28th.-Razooneet; the party beginning to break up. Three gentlemen left.

29th. Another good one went. The remaining gentlemen beat the Jamkeir hills, but our Daickna luck would not stick to us, although we richly deserved it, and we returned home with the spears as bright as they were when we

went out.

30th.-Another sportsman left. Seven now constituted the party, and we went by Pimpulkeir to

Nimbgaum, where sport was met with last year. Not a pug was to be seen, however, this year.

31st. We killed a very fine boar and a large sow at Taklee out of sugar-canes, and then separated. Our list of hog amounts to 110, besides which some attention was paid to deer, bustard,

SIR,

foxes, and other game. I cannot conclude without making some apology for the length of this stave, but you will allow that 110 hog are not to be accounted for in a line.

H. W. R.
Poonah, July 9th, 1832.

In perusing a newspaper of an old date, the accompanying letter accidentally caught my eye. For the benefit of the sporting community in general, I think the publication of it in your excellent Magazine will be highly advisable, in order that every lover of the turf may draw his own conclusions. For my own part, I am too fond of sport not to feel in some measure annoyed that I never had the pleasure of meeting the highly gifted horse mentioned in the Scotsman, for if I had, you may rest assured that a little tit 13h. lin. then in my stud, would have puzzled the "ci devant" Humdanieh to have beaten, although he is described as "having, during two different trainings, gone at a speed against time, surpassing anything known on the Indian turf."

I have no doubt that his owner will oblige the sporting world with an account of his performances, for, from the description given, they must indeed have been unparalleled!

The racer Humdanich, I believe, is a bay. He ran and won the Welter at Poonah, and is now in a celebrated stud not many miles from Madras, enjoying his otium cum dignitate.

With regard to the last paragraph of the letter, it will only be necessary to say that the following

To the Editor of the Scotsman. SIR,

From some conversations I have lately had with gentlemen well skilled in British horses, I was surprised to find so marked a difference in their information regarding the size and proportions of the Arabian, from whom has sprung the superlatively excellent racing blood of Great Britain.

From all I have been able to collect, I consider myself warranted in coming to the following conclusions on that point.

The pure Arabians never exceed 14h. 2in. in height. Their heads are very beautiful, clean and wide between the jaws; the forehead is broad and square; the face flat; the muzzle short and fine; the eyes prominent and brilliant ; the ears small and handsome; the nostrils large and open; the skin of the head thin, through which may be distinctly traced all the veins, the neck rather short than otherwise. The body as a whole may be considered too light, and the breast rather