HUNTING & SHOOTING IN CEYLON 



We heard a shot in the hollow below us ; the dogs 

 then turned and ran up. A doe broke above me and 

 I dropped her. Found again soon after two deer. S. 

 got one and the other escaped after a long run. A 

 dog was missing, and we learnt that a native had shot it 

 by mistake. Of course we were unable to discover or 

 punish the culprit. We witnessed the cremation of a 

 native headman in the afternoon, and later on went out 

 for our final hunt, which resulted in a fine long run but 

 we got nothing. Thus ended this little trip. Total 

 bag 8 deer, 2 pig, 8 hares, &c. 



On the Madulkellie patnas there is a belt of jungle 

 in a long, narrow ravine, extending from the river to 

 nearly the highest point. This is a favourite game cover, 

 and I have found many *a deer in it. On a certain dull 

 and drizzly morning in 1900, C. W. Wood and I, with 

 a scratch pack, decided to try this gully. He commanded 

 a well-known run about half-way up, while I took a 

 position near the top after a good climb. The pack was 

 put in at the bottom and we could hear the dog boy's 

 voice as he worked up towards us. Owing to the high 

 grass and fern on each side of the belt our chances of a 

 shot seemed rather poor. The dogs were almost out at the 

 top, and I had given up all hopes of a find in this cover, 

 when I saw a sudden movement in the grass on the face 

 of the hill opposite me, at about 120 yards distance, and 

 shortly after a long black snout, with a gleaming tusk, 

 appeared. I missed him with ball in the Paradox. The 

 boar dashed down-hill, and was lost to view in thick 

 fern. He appeared again, however, on my side of the 

 ravine, and I got a snap-shot at him, stern on, tearing 

 down the gulley. While the pig was running down one 

 side of the belt, Wood, the dog boy, and the dogs were 



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