tSs The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. 



of the jungle which surrounded the lake, divided from 

 it by a strip of plain of about two hundred yards in 

 width, the elephants winded us and retreated over the 

 patina* at full speed toward the jungle. Endeavoring 

 to cut them off before they could reach the thick cover, 

 \ve ran at our best pace along the edge of the jungle, so 

 as to meet them at right angles. One reached the 

 jungle before us, but a. lucky shot at a distance of sixty 

 paces floored the other, who lay struggling on the 

 ground, and was soon extinguished. Having reloaded, 

 we went in quest of the large rogue, who was bathing 

 in the tank. This gentleman had decamped, having 

 taken offence at the firing. 



Close to the e^dge of the tank grew a patch of thick 

 thorny jungle of about two acres, completely isolated 

 and separated from the main jungle by about eighty 

 paces' length of fine turf. The Moormen knew the habits 

 of this rogue, who was well known in the neighbor- 

 hood, and they at once said that lie had concealed him- 

 self in the small patch of jungle. Upon examining the 

 tracks from the tank, we found they were correct. 



The question was, how to dislodge him ; the jungle 

 was so dense that it was impossible to enter, and driv- 

 ing was the only chance. 



There was a small bush within a few paces of the 

 main jungle, exactly opposite that in which the elephant 

 was concealed, and we determined to hide behind this 

 while a few Moormen should endeavor to drive him 

 from his retreat, in which case he would be certain to 

 make for the main forest, and would most probably 

 pass near the bush behind which we lay in wait for him 

 Giving the Moormen a gun, we took to our hiding- 

 * Grassy plains. 



