" Killbuck? etc. 157 



in what position an elk might be, he was sure to have 

 him. When once started from the slips it was certain 

 death to the animal he coursed, and even when out of 

 view, and the elk had taken to the jungle, I have seen 

 the dog, with his nose to the ground, following upon 

 the scent at full speed like a fox-hound. I never heard 

 hint bark at game when at bay. With a bulldog cour- 

 age he would recklessly fly straight at the animal's 

 head, unheeding the wounds received in the struggle. 

 This unguided courage at length caused his death when 

 in the very prime of his life. Poor Killbuck ! His was 

 a short but glorious career, and his name will never be 

 fergotten. 



Next in rotation in the chronicles of seizers appears 

 " Lena," who is still alive, an Australian bitch of great 

 size, courage and beauty, wire-haired, like a Scotch 

 deer-hound. 



" Bran," a perfect model of a grayhound. 



" Lucifer," combining the beauty, speed and courage 

 >f his parents, " Bran " and " Lena," in a superlative 

 degree. 



There are many others that I could call from the pack 

 and introduce as first-rate hounds, but as no jealousy 

 will be occasioned by their omission, I shall be con- 

 ented with those already named. 



Were I to recount the twentieth part of the scenes 

 that I have witnessed in this sport, it would fill a vol- 

 ume, and become very tedious. A few instances related 

 will at once explain the whole character of the sport, 

 and introduce a stranger to the wild hunts of the Ceylon 

 mountains. 



I have already described Newera Ellia, with its alter- 

 nate plains and forests, its rapid streams and cataracts, 

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