THE RIFLE AND HOUND IN CEYLON. ckai\ x. 



CHAPTER X. 



Another Trip to the Park— A Hard Day's Work — Discover a Herd- 

 Death of the Herd — A Furious Charge — Caught at Last — The 

 Consequences — A Thorough Rogue — Another Herd in High Lemon 

 Grass — Bears — A Fight between a Moorman and a Bear — A 

 Musical Herd— Herd Escape— A Plucky Buck— Death of « Killbuck ' 

 —Good Sport with a Herd — End of the Trip. 



About twelve months elapsed without my pulling a 

 trigger. I had contented myself with elk-hunting in 

 Newera Elliaand the vicinity, but in November, 1850, 

 the greyhounds were again in their palanquin, and, ac- 

 companied by my brother V., I was once more in the 

 saddle on my steady-going old horse Jack, en route 

 for the Park. 



It was 5 P.M. on a cool and lovely evening that we 

 halted, and unsaddled in this beautiful country. Our 

 tents and coolies were far behind, our horse-keepers 

 were our only attendants, and we fixed upon a spot as 

 the most eligible site for the tents. A large open park 

 lay before us, interspersed with trees, and clumps of 

 forest. A clear stream flowed from some low rocky 

 hills upon our right, and several detached masses of 

 rock lay scattered irregularly here and there, like the 



