DESCRIPTION OF A HUNQUAH. 23 



Unfortunately, the day on which I was out, 

 no very large animals ; or animals of prey were 

 taken. The Rajah was very angry, and at- 

 tributed this ill success to their neglecting to 

 keep their line properly, so that the game had 

 escaped by retreating to the rear. I was given 

 to understand that had a tiger been caught, he 

 would have drawn all the attention of the Ra- 

 jah and his friends, and that the Rajah most 

 certainly would have given him his death 

 wound. 



The excessive heat of the weather, and the 

 constant noise, gave me a violent head ache, 

 which added tp the sensations arising from 

 the danger to which I was exposed from the 

 balls and arrows flying in all directions, and 

 from which no exertion or skill could protect 

 me, determined me never again to be present 

 at a hunquah, a sport which afforded me no- 

 other amusement than what was derived 

 from its novelty. It was such a scene as I 

 believe very few Europeans have ever wit- 

 nessed. If any credit could be given to the 

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