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ounce rifle. A loud report from the old gun sounded 

 the elephant's knell, and closed the sport for that 

 trip. 



We returned to Nielgalla, the whole of that day's 

 bag belonging to Palliser — four elephants and two 

 buffaloes. We packed up our traps, and early the 

 next morning we started direct for Newera Ellia, 

 having in three weeks from the day of our departure 

 from Kandy bagged fifty elephants, five deer, and two 

 buffaloes ; of which, Wortley had killed to his bag, ten 

 elephants and two deer ; Palliser sixteen elephants and 

 two buffaloes ; V. Baker, up to the time of his leaving 

 us, two elephants. 



