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feet ten inches from heel to shoulder, and ten feet 

 four inches from nose to tail." 



MAJOR DELAMAINE'S SECOND LION STORY. 



" In 1831, the regiment was stationed atRajkote, 

 in the province of Guzzerat, and the villagers 

 having brought in word that some lions frequented 

 a small jungle in the vicinity of the village of 

 Bamurwar, twenty miles from the camp, the pug- 

 gics (trackers) and elephants were sent forward, 

 and Lieutenant AVoodhouse, myself, and Lieutenant 

 Laing followed the next morning. 



" On our arrival at the tents, the puggies in- 

 formed us that they could find a e pug' or track, of 

 two days old, but none whatever of the preceding 

 night, so that there seemed little chance of our 

 meeting with sport. In the absence, however, of 

 something better to do, it was agreed, notwith- 

 standing the discouraging report, to take the field 

 and place ourselves in luck's way. Accordingly the 

 start was made, and we soon reached the ground. 



"It was a tolerably extensive jungle ; on one side 

 running into small valleys and clefts in the hills, 

 and altogether a strong and tempting looking piece of 

 cover. " Woodhouse and myself, when alone, seldom 

 both mounted the elephant together, except in cover 

 quite impracticable for horses, the object then being 

 the better keeping the chase in sight in the event of its 

 running. On the present occasion, however, Wood- 

 house saying he preferred horseback, Laing and I 

 got on the elephant ; and men being properly dis- 

 posed in the trees around, we entered the jungle to 

 heat at random. 



