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THE LION. 
feet ten inches from heel to shoulder, and ten feet 
four inches from nose to tail.” 
MAJOR DELAMAINE’s SECOND LION STORY. 
“ In 1831, the regiment was stationed atHajkote, 
in the province of Guzzerat, and the villagers 
having brought in word that some lions frequented 
a small jungle in the vicinity of the village of 
Bamurwar, twenty miles from the camp, the pug- 
gies (trackers) and elephants were sent forward, 
and Lieutenant Woodhouse, myself, and Lieutenant 
Laing followed the next morning. 
£t On our arrival at the tents, the puggies in¬ 
formed us that they could find a c pug 9 or track, of 
two days old, but none whatever of the preceding 
night, so that there seemed little chance of our 
meeting with sport. In the absence, however, of 
something better to do, it was agreed, notwith¬ 
standing the discouraging report, to take the field 
and place ourselves in luck’s way. Accordingly the 
start was made, and we soon reached the ground. 
“ It was a tolerably extensive jungle; on one side 
running into small valleys and clefts in the hills 5 
and altogether a strong and tempting looking piece of 
cover. “ Woodhouse and myself, when alone, seldom 
both mounted the elephant together, except in cover 
quite impracticable for horses, the object then being 
the better keeping the chase in sight in the event of its 
running. On the present occasion, however, Wood- 
house saying he preferred horseback, Laing and I 
got on the elephant; and men being properly dis¬ 
posed in the trees around, we entered the jungle to 
beat at random. 
