See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• BARON GEORGE PIGOT (1719-1777)

PIGOT (1719-1777)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 4th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1719 and entered the service of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company in 1736; alter nineteen years he became governor and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of Madras in 1755 . Having defended this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1758-59 and occupied See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry on behalf of the company, he resigned his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1763 and returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, being made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1764 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he obtained a seat in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, and this'he retained until his See also:

• DEATH

death; in 1766 he was created an Irish peer as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• PIGOT, GEORGE, BARON (1719-1777)

Pigot . Returning to India in 1775 to occupy his former position at Madras, Pigot was at once involved in a fierce See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of his See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, which arose out of the proposed restoration of the rajah of See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore . The governor was arrested by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of his opponents, and was still a prisoner when he died on the 11th of May 1777 . Meanwhile the conduct of Pigot was censured by the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors in England and the order for his restoration was followed immediately by another for his recall . This happened about a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month after his death, but before the See also:

• NEWS

news had reached England . In 1779 the See also:

• MATTER

matter was discussed in parliament, and four of those who were responsible for his See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest were tried and were fined £1aoo each . Pigot, who See also:

• LEFT

left several illegitimate See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, was never married, and his See also:

• BARONY

barony became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . Two of the governor's See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers were men of repute . See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT PIGOT (1720-1796), who succeeded to the baronetcy, commanded his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment (the 38th) at the battles of See also:

• LEXINGTON
• LEXINGTON, BARON

Lexington and Bunker See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . He became a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in 1782 .

The other See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

HUGH PIGOT (c . 1721-1792), was a sailor . After some years of service he became an See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral and commander-in-chief in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies in 1782 . One of his sons was General SIR See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY PIGOT (1750-184o), and another was HUGH PIGOT (1769-1797), a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the See also:

• NAVY

navy, who was murderedduring a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1797 while in command of the Hermione." See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

PIG-STICKING, or HOG-See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

HUNTING, the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase of the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar, as a See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, on horseback with the See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear . The chase on See also:

• FOOT

foot was See also:

• COMMON

common among See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient peoples, and in central See also:

• EUROPE

Europe has lasted to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, although, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the introduction of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms, the spear has gradually become an See also:

• AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

auxiliary weapon, used to give the coup de See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace to a wounded See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal . The See also:

• MODERN

modern sport is the See also:

• DIRECT

direct descendant of See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear-spearing which was popular in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal until the beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when the bears had become so scarce that wild pigs were substituted as the See also:

• QUARRY

quarry . The weapon used by the Bengalese was a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, heavy, broad-bladed See also:

• JAVELIN

javelin . See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• OFFICERS

officers introduced the spear or See also:

• LANCE

lance and this has become the recognized method of hunting wild pigs in India . The See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season for hunting in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern India, the present headquarters of the sport, is from See also:

• FEBRUARY

February to See also:

• JULY

July . The best horses should be See also:

• QUICK

quick and hot too big . Two kinds of weapon are used . The See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, or underhand, spear, weighing from two to three pounds, has a See also:

• LIGHT

light, tough See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft, from seven to eight feet long, armed with a small See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of varying shape .

This spear is held in the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand about two-thirds the distance from the point, with the knuckles turned down and the thumb along the shaft . The short, or jobbing, spear is from six to six and a See also:

• HALF

half feet long, and somewhat heavier than the longer weapon . It is grasped near the See also:

• BUTT
• BUTT, ISAAC (1813-1879)

butt, with the thumb up . Although easier to handle in the See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, it permits the nearer approach of the boar and is therefore more dangerous to See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

mount . Having arrived at the See also:

• BUSH

bush-grown or marshland haunt of the pigs, the quarry is " reared," i.e. chased out of its See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover, by a long See also:

• LINE

line of beaters, usually under the command of a mounted shikari . Sometimes See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs and guns loaded with small shot are used to induce an animal to break cover . The mounted sportsmen, placed on the edge of the cover, attack the pig as soon as it appears, the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of " first spear," or " spear of honour," i.e. the thrust that first draws See also:

• BLOOD

blood, being much coveted . As a startled or angry wild boar is a fast runner and a desperate fighter the pig-sticker must possess a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye, a steady hand, a See also:

• FIRM

firm seat, a cool head and a courageous See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart . For these reasons the military authorities encourage the sport, which is for the most See also:

• PART

part carried on by the See also:

• TENT

tent clubs of the larger See also:

• INDIAN

Indian stations . The following technical terms are used . " See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank," a boar enclosure . " Jhow," the See also:

• TAMARISK

tamarisk, a common cover for boars .

" Jink " (of the boar), to turn sharply to one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . " See also:

• NULLAH (Hindostani for an arm of the sea, stream or water-course)

Nullah," a dry See also:

• WATER

water-course . " To pig," to See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

hunt the boar . " Pug," the boar's footprint . " Pugging," tracking the boar . " Ride to hog," to hunt the boar . " Rootings," marks of the pig's snout in the ground . " Sanglier " (or " singular "), a boar that has separated from the " sounder." " Sounder," a See also:

• FAMILY

family of wild See also:

• SWINE

swine . Squeaker," a pig under three years . " Tusker," a full-grown boar . See Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting, by R . S .

S . See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden-See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• POWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670)

Powell (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1889) .