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1852. April 23. Buck - - Killed in Matturatto Plain. 



25. Doe - - Killed in the Elk Plains. 



25. Sow - - Killed in the Elk Plains. 



27. Boar - - Killed at the Limestone Quarry. 

 May 3. Sow - - Killed in the Elk Plains. 



6. Two Does Killed in the Barrack Plain. 



10. Two Does One killed in the Barrack Plain, and the 



other at the bottom of the Pass. 



12. Buck - - Killed in Newera Ellia Plain. 



4 19. Buck - - Killed in the Newera Ellia River. 



22. Doe - - Killed at the Pioneer Lines Laboukelle. 



31. Two does Killed in the Barrack Plain. 



June 5. Buck - - Killed at the foot of Pedro. 



8. Buck - - Killed in the Barrack Plain, 

 n. Two Bucks Killed on Kicklamase Patina. 



24. Two Does Killed on Newera Ellia Plain. 



28. Boar - - Killed on Elk Plains. 



29. Doe - - Killed at the "Rest and be Thankful " 



bottom 

 Total 28 Elk, ii Bucks, 17 Does and 4 Hogs. 



This is a tolerable show of game when it is consid- 

 ered that the sport continues from year to year : there 

 are no seasons at which time the game is spared, but the 

 hunting depends simply on the weather. Three times 

 a week the pack turns out in the dry season, and upon 

 every fine day during the wet months. It -must appear 

 a frightful extravagance to English ideas to feed the 

 hounds upon venison, but as it costs nothing it is a 

 cheaper food than beef, and no other flesh is procurable 

 in sufficient quantity. Venison is in its prime when 

 the elk's horns are in velvet. At this season, when the 

 new antlers have almost attained their full growth, they 

 are particularly tender, and the buck moves slowly and 

 cautiously through the jungle, lest he should injure them 

 against the branches, taking no further exercise than is 



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