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THE  TROPICAT  AGRICULTURIST. 
fDEC.  2,  1895. 
He  now  made  a fresh  point,  which  I more  or 
less  anticipated,  and,  making  my  best  pace,  1 
was  just  in  time  to  hear  the  pack  topping  a 
distant  ridge  of  forest,  about  a mile  from  where  the 
last  bay  had  occurred.  Getting  down  the  hill  to 
cross  the  stream  below  me  I heard,  to  my  astonish- 
ment. the  baring  of  hounds  quite  close  to  me.  I 
soon  found  out  the  cause  was  a sambur  hind, 
which  some  of  the  tail  hounds  and  a couple  of  the 
seizers  had  charged  on  to  in  their  last  burst  after 
the  stag  broke  bay.  She  was  lighting  gamely,  but  I 
wanted  every  hound  for  the  hunted  stage,  so,  juinj)- 
ing  into  the  water  by  her  side,  I got  my  knife  well 
home  behind  her  shoulder  and  dropped  lier  in  her 
tracks.  Without  waiting  a moment,  and,  the  few 
hounds  whipped  to  me,  I hurried  on,  and  over  the  next 
ridge,  some  HOOft.  high,  I once  more  was  rejoiced  to 
hear  a grand  bay  in  some  very  dense  forest. 
Feeling  sure  the  stag  would  not  face  the 
open  again,  nor  take  water  in  the  adjacent  river, 
I forced  my  way  through  one  of  the  most  awful 
thickets  of  thorns  and  bamboo  I was  ever  in.  The 
baying  of  the  hounds  was  getting  more  and  more 
savage,  and,  as  I got  nearer,  the  noise  was  almost 
deafening.  The  whole  pack,  barring  the  seizers  which 
had  somehow  failed  to  keep  with  me,  were  pressing 
him  close,  and  each  time  as  I got  within  a few  yards 
of  them  the  stag  broke  bay  again  and  again. 
more  I think  he  winded  me,  for  he  made  another  bold 
bid  for  freedom  by  a straight  run  of  about  half  a 
mile,  but  hounds  would  not  be  denied,  and  again 
they  made  him  stand.  He  had  been  fighting  hard 
the  whole  time,  and  T heard  over  and  over  again 
the  heavy  thud  of  his  hoofs  as  he  dashed  at,  and 
fortunately  missed,  some  forward  hound.  At  last  I got 
up  to  him  once  more,  and  as  1 was  trying  to  niake  out 
the  direction  of  his  head  from  the  points  of  his  antlers, 
which  I could  just  see  over  the  undergrowth,  he 
rushed  straight  at  me,  knocking  me  over  with  one  of 
his  bi'ow  antlers.  As  I fell  I gave  him  one  behind  the 
shoulder  with  my  knife.  This  failed  to  stop  him, 
and  for  another  ten  minutes  or  so  it  was  the  grandest 
fight  I have  ever  seen.  He  charged  the  hounds  right 
and  left,  wounding  two  or  three  of  them  with  hoofs 
and  horns,  but  they  were  now  mad  with  fury,  and 
pressed  him  harder  than  ever.  Once  more  he  broke 
away,  and  stood  again  near  a small  tree.  Behind 
this  i crept  to  within  less  than  three  feet  of  him,  and 
then  made  a quick  dash  at  his  shoulder  witli  my  knife. 
The  next  thing  I knew  was  that  I had  received  two 
violent  blows  on  niy  urni  tiiicl  slionldoi,  nud  ^ I 
was  lying  on  the  ground  with  hounds  running 
over  me.  My  knife  had  gone  home,  though,  this  time, 
and  it  was  his  last  kick,  and  a pretty  bad  one  it  was  for 
me.  He  travelled  about  fifty  yards  after  that  and 
fell  dead.  He  was  an  enormous  stag,  carrying  a 
vory  syininotricai  hoiid,  (uid  for  n»  Coylon  snnibiiv  a 
lai-r'e  one.  The  spread  of  bis  horns  I mea,surcd  :iOi 
in.r  and  the  length  of  beam  along  the  outside  curve 
was  2itin.  His  weight  must  have  been  considerably 
over  thirty  stone  clean,  and  he  stood  more  than  13 
hands  at  the  withers.  I had  no  means  of  ascertain- 
ing the  weight  exactly,  but  I have  weighed  smaller 
stags  that  I have  killed  which  have  turned  the  scale 
at  thirty-two  stone  clean.  . .7  , 
It  is  only  fair  to  mention  to  the  credit  of  Zulu 
that  he  was  thrown  out  after  the  first  bay  I slipped 
him  at,  being  too  heavily  built  a dog  to  keep  up 
with  racing  foxhounds.  Had  he  been  with  me  the 
fight  would  have  been  over  much  sooner.  The  run 
lasted  two-and-a-liai£  boiu’s.  d. 
— Field. 
S.MOKEHS  SHOUJ4)  USE 
CALVEKT’S  DENTJ-PHENOLENE, 
A KfiAOn\NT  DENTIFllICJi  -\N1> 
.\roUTn-\vASn. 
Editor  of  HcaHh  says;— “The  most  effective- 
preparation  for  ridding  the  month  of  the  aroma 
of  tobacco,  and  leaving  a ideasant  taste.” 
Sold  in  \s.  %d.,  2,v.  6if.,  and  1 lb.  7s-  bottle.s, 
by  Chemists,  &c. 
F.  C.  CALVERT  & CO-,  MjJ»anciiestek. 
DRUG  KEUORT. 
(From  Clicinist  ami  Dn(/jr/ist.) 
London,  Novendier  7tli. 
CoCA-LK.vviis — Fine  Truxillo  leaves  are  reported  to  be 
scarce,  and  held  for  inoie  money. 
Va.nii.i.a  remains  (mite  firm.  It  is  s lid  that  in  Mauritius 
there  is  notliing  left  in  stock. 
Ks.sk.vi'iai,  (Mi,— Citronella  oil  : Native  iiraiids  (pioted 
on  the  spot  at  Is  4,jd  to  Is  ad  per  lb.  A fair  amount 
of  bu.siiiess  has  lieeii  done  for  November- December  ship- 
mont,  with  Chemic.il  guarantee  of  purity,  at  tlie  rate  of 
Is  ;{.jd  per  11),  c i f terms  for  oil  packe,'  in  drnms,  and 
at  Is  2d  j)or  lb,  c i f terms  without  guarantee,  for  No- 
venibei  -.lannary  steamer  shipment. 
(^i  l.M.vi;— The  market  is  a triile  easier,  2(),o00  oz  second 
hand  German  hulk  (15  Sc  S or  Brunswick)  having  been 
.sold  in  the  cour.se  of  the  week  at  l:ihi  to  I3jd  per  oz. 
There  are  sellers  today  at  the  last-mimed  figure.  The 
following  are  the  London  statistics  of  iiuiiiiue  : — 
Oz. 
Imported  in  October  1895  17,000 
Delivered  in  October  1895  40,072 
Stock  on  October  31st,  189.)  2,009,904 
do  do  1894  2,890,3()8 
At  today'.s  cincljona,  auctions  in  .Amsterdam  (almost,  tlie 
largest  ever  held  in  tliat  city)  about  4, .>00  packages  .lava 
cinchon.i — rather  over  three-foiirtlis  of  the  ((Uantity  olfered 
--sold  steadily  at  an  ave)-age  unit  of  2ic  per  half-kilo, 
showing  no  alteration  compared  with  the  hist  .Amster- 
mad  public  sales. 
INDIAN  TEA  8ALE.S. 
(From  Williani  i][ova)v  (b  Co.’s  3Iarkct  Report. 
Calcutta,  27th  Nov.  189.5. 
On  the  21st  instant,  17.072  chests  were  offered 
and  17,(i05  sold.  Prices  for  all  good  quality  teas 
were  very  firm  and  occasionally  marked  a rise ; com- 
mon sorts  were  again  slightly  lower.  Tomorrow  18,000 
che.sts  will  be  offered. 
TOTAL  (JUANTITY  OF  TEA  P.VSSEr)  THROUGH  CALCUTTA 
FROM  1st  APRIL  TO  25TH  NOV. 
1895. 
1894. 
1893. 
Great  Britain 
90,941.284 
90,838,733 
87,090,370 
Foreign  Europe 
223,!»88 
204.035 
257,314 
America 
881,558 
430,537 
210,970 
Asia 
3,227,913 
3.044,128 
1,135,849 
Australia 
5,259,049 
3,001,952 
4, .502, 279 
100,.533,792 
98.179,985 
93  790,788 
(From  Watson,  Sibtlior//  <£■  Co.'s  Tea  Report.) 
Calcutta,  27th  Nov.  1895. 
17,550  packages  changed  hands  in  the  sales  held 
on  the  21st  instant.  Good  liquoring  teas  were 
again  in  demand  and  sold  at  full  prices,  but  other 
sorts  were  more  or  less  neglected  and  found  buyers 
only  at  a further  decline  of  from  2 to  4 pie  per  lb. 
There  was  a fair  amount  of  business  done  for  the 
Colonies,  Bombay  and  other  places. 
The  average  price  of  the  17,550  packages  sold  is 
As.  7-1  or  about  7?d  per  lb.  as  compared  with 
19,707  packages  sold  on  tlie  22nd  November  1894  at 
As.  9-8  or  nearlj"  lOd  per  lb.  and  10,185  packages  sold 
on  the  23rd  November  1893  at  As.  6-11  or  about  8*d 
per  lb. 
The  Exports  from  1st  May  to  25th  November  from 
here  to  Great  Britain  are  96,809,067  lb.  as  compared 
with  91,159,735  lb  at  the  corresponding  period  last 
season  and  88,143,013  lb.  in  1893. 
Note — Last  Sale’s  average  was  As.  7-3  or  nearly 
8d  per  lb. 
Exchange — Document  bills,  0 month’s  sight  Is 
1-1.3-lOd. 
Freight — Steamer — £1-11-3  per  ton  of  50  c.  ft. 
Violet  Perfume. — In  a Toxir  Itouml  my  Garden, 
by  Alphonse  Karr,  translated  by  Eev.  J.  G-  Wood, 
the  reader  is  told  that  ■*  the  Violet  alone  refuses  to 
separate  its  odour  from  itself;  it  is  to  bo  met  with 
nowhere  but  in  its  own  corolla.  Perfumers  are 
obliged  to  make,-  with  the  root  of  the  Florentine 
Ir,s,  a certain  false  and  acrid  Violet  odour,  of  which 
every  returning  spring  compels  us  to  ackuowloclge 
the  insufficiency.”  I wouM  like  to  know  if  this  is 
still  the  case,  or  if  the  difficulty  has  been  overcome  ? 
WilUain  Cntlibertmi,  Rothesay, 
