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more than all the foregoing pages. He says ? " I re- 

 member perfectly the style in which he floored (speak- 

 ing of an expedition on which he accompanied 

 Rogers), each by single shot, five out of six of a 

 herd that he and I followed together, taking them so 

 cleverly as each turned, and at the same time so 

 quickly > that I was not able to fire a single shot, till, 

 luckily, the two last that were left came round toge- 

 ther ; but this was nothing to him. 9 ' 



The last accounts I heard of this extraordinary 

 elephant slayer, previous to his lamentable end before 

 narrated, were, that he had numbered TWO THOU- 

 SAND elephants, slain by himself, and in future had 

 made up his mind to keep no continued account. 

 (For further particulars inquire of any officer of any 

 regiment that has ever served in the island.) 



Reader ! such is a specimen of the once mighty 

 Nimrod of Ceylon. Perhaps you were yourself for- 

 tunate enough to know the subject of the sketch; in 

 such case you also know too well how unworthy a one 

 it is. 



Light be the turf on thy grave, poor Tom ! and 

 may a long and worthy monument to thine excellent 

 qualities survive thy existence in the hearts of thy 

 fellows, who knew and loved thee! 



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