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the breast of the noble fellow whose supposed remains 

 I was watching ! 



I had despatched a man forty miles for a sur- 

 geon, and in the evening of the second day he 

 arrived to find the sufferer's collar-bone smashed, 

 but the back-bone miraculously preserved. By care- 

 ful treatment he in time perfectly recovered ; but I 

 think he abjured deer coursing afterwards one thing 

 I am very certain of, which is that /did. It's no joke 

 watching dead men in a wilderness where you've lost 

 your way, with the prospect of a three days' stock of 

 carrion to live on, and then to lie down and die, and 

 perhaps, never have the satisfaction of being picked up 

 and owned afterwards ! 



The " neatest" sport I ever witnessed in pursuit of 

 deer, is that followed on the sandy plains, on the 

 Madras side of India, by the principal natives ; viz., 

 running down the antelope by means of cheetahs. 



The cheetah, which is half leopard, half tiger, is 

 reared tame in most cases, and is as docile and play- 

 ful as a kitten. 



It has generally the full run of the house where it 

 is brought up, running and frisking about all day, 

 and knocking over the juvenile little niggers that 

 come in its way, with the most supreme good nature. 



Having expressed a wish to a native potentate to 

 see his animals exhibit in the field, the following day 

 was appointed for a chase. 



