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CHAPTER XI. 



LION-HUNTING IN INDIA ADVENTURES MAJOR CHARLES DELA- 

 MAINE'S FIRST LION-STORY MARKERS BEATING THE PATCH 

 LION AND ELEPHANT DESPERATE STRUGGLE DESPERATE 

 POSITION OF A MAHOUT GALLANT CHARGE OF WOUNDED 

 LION MAJOR DELAMAINE'S SECOND LION-STORYPERILOUS 

 ADVENTURE LION-HUNTING BY ROYALTY IN INDIA. 



IJ^ROM the works of Gerard, Harris, Gordon 

 Gumming, Delegorgne, Sir Samuel Baker, 

 and a host of others, to say nothing of my own 

 humble contributions, on the wild sports of Africa, 

 it is pretty well known in what manner lion-hunting 

 is conducted on that continent. We are more in the 

 dark, however, as to the way in which it is usually 

 managed in India, in certain portions of which, it is 

 said, the lion is found in considerable numbers; and 

 though perhaps somewhat out of place in these 

 pages, yet, as the subject is interesting to sports- 

 men, at least, I venture to mention two very re- 

 markable lion-hunts kindly placed at my disposal by 

 Mr. Lloyd, who in a note to me says : 



"For the accompanying most interesting narra- 

 tives I am indebted to my friend, Major Charles 

 Delamaine of the Indian Army, to quote the words 

 of the lamented Sir Charles Napier (under whom 



