to coipe down to the chenas below and try and 
ji red deer, there were lots of them there : go, 
having so<ne curry and rice and hot coffee for break- 
fast, they all agreed to go. They proceeded down to 
the vaUey below through tall rank mana grass up 
to their shoulders, quite wet. The leecties fastened 
upon their legs, and ticks on their arm and necks, 
until at last a belt of jungle was reached and the 
dogs put in. They were not long in giving tongue, 
they came out in to the mana grasr», and the grass could 
he seen waving about where they were running, but 
nothing else could be seen, until at last the barking 
became stationary, th'm became a low growling. The 
dogs were at bay. They all made a rush, and found 
the remains of something being worried. After some 
difficulty they got it away from the dogs, and, 
after a close examination, Mr. Brown exclaims — 
“Why, this is Puss, my favourite cat; which 
has been missing these two months a nice winding 
up this to the day’s sport. I do n’t know whafc 
you think, but no more of this sort of sport 
for me. Let ’s go home.” Mr. Wildgoose then said hi» 
'bungalow was the nearest, and proposed that they should 
all go there and have dinner: he had lots of stuff, as 
the provision coolies had arrived from Gampola last 
night; so they went. Mr. Wildgoose provided them 
all with dry clothes, and had a hot tiffin of beef- steaks 
.and boiled pumpkin, washed down with a few “ home” 
rof brandy and water, after which they agreed to have 
some more shooting. A stick about seven feet high was 
obtained and stuck in the ground seventy yards from 
the corner of the verandah; on the top of this stick a 
bottle was stuck with the stick into its mouth, and at 
this bottle tlie firing commenced, until *Mr. Wildgoose 
was proclaimed victor, as the bottle smashed in response 
to his shot. After dinner they talked about nothing 
but the day’s sport, and when it was time to turn in 
the visitors made pillows by wrapping up their trousers 
and coats in a towel, a rug was laid down on the floor, 
and they slept very well, for Mr. Wildgoose had a 
good stock of blankets ; let him alone for that, he 
.always made his friends comfortable, outside and in. 
When Mr, Brown got home next morning, he found 
the head kangani had turned out the men to work and 
everything was all right, except himself. He was all 
wrong. His head ached, his mouth and throat had a 
parched, dried up, husky feeling, and his hand was 
shaking. He could not understand what was the 
matter. At last it struck him : that fellow Wildgoose 
kept such bad tobacco ! He must speak to him about 
it, and advise him to deal with Solomons, and, the 
next time he went over, he would take a good stock 
