32 The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. 



weight, of wonderful speed and great courage, armed 

 with long and graceful antlers as sharp as needles. He 

 will suddenly turn to bay upon the hard ground, and 

 charge his pursuers, and is more dangerous to the gray- 

 hounds than the elk, from his wonderful activity, and 

 from the fact that he is coursed by only a pair of gray- 

 hounds, instead of being hunted by a pack. 



Pure grayhounds of great size and courage are best 

 adapted for this sport. They cannot afford to lose 

 speed by a cross with slower hounds. 



