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ruins of an old castle. Large trees grew from the 

 crevices of these rocks, and beneath their shade we 

 turned our horses loose to graze upon a soft sweet 

 grass, with which this part of the Park is covered. 

 We had the greyhounds with us, and a single rifle, 

 but no other guns, as the servants were far behind. 

 Having given directions to the horse-keepers to 

 point out the spot for the tents on the arrival of 

 the people, we took a stroll with the greyhounds to 

 get a deer, as we depended upcn this chance for our 

 dinner. 



Just as we were starting, we noticed two large ele- 

 phants feeding on the rocky hills within a quarter of a 

 mile of us ; but having no guns up, with the exception 

 of one rifle, we were obliged to postpone the attack, 

 and, cautioning the horse-keepers to observe silence 

 lest the game should be alarmed, we left the elephants 

 to their meal, while we struck off in another direction 

 with the greyhounds. We found a herd of deer within 

 half a mile of our starting-place ; they had just come 

 out from the forest for the night's feeding ; and when 

 I first saw them, they were barking to each other in a 

 small glade within sixty paces of the jungle. Dinner 

 depending upon success, I stalked them with the 

 greatest caution. Taking Killbuck and Lena in the 

 slips I crept from tree to tree without the slightest 

 noise ; I had the wind, and if any dogs could kill a 

 deer in the difficult position in which the herd stood, 



