. Pen and pencil sketches; being reminiscences during eighteen years' residence in Bengal. ing con-tinually turned intensely on them, it is but natural tosuppose that some portion of their elasticity andwarmth in the pursuit will be lost, but in tliat of allfield sports (the most comprehensive term I can use),there must be an exception claimed to the rule. Themind never wearies or blunts, or the body either, fora moment in the prosecution of them. How exquisitetheir outdoor pursuit 1 The merriment at the covertside; the beating up the heavy partridge jungles;the working up the skirts for the o
. Pen and pencil sketches; being reminiscences during eighteen years' residence in Bengal. ing con-tinually turned intensely on them, it is but natural tosuppose that some portion of their elasticity andwarmth in the pursuit will be lost, but in tliat of allfield sports (the most comprehensive term I can use),there must be an exception claimed to the rule. Themind never wearies or blunts, or the body either, fora moment in the prosecution of them. How exquisitetheir outdoor pursuit 1 The merriment at the covertside; the beating up the heavy partridge jungles;the working up the skirts for the outliers; the firststep into the lively jheel, and the first scape thatgreets the ear; the fine open quail shooting to dogs; 2i6 FEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. the fag and following up of the heavy flighted florikin,and the sharp snap shot at the timid hare, as shedarts between the open peeps of jungle; all, all keepfresh and untired, from their commencement to theend, on the mind of the sportsman ! The season for the pursuit of the feathered tribeis now over. The gun is locked into its HOG HUNTING, ETC. 217 CHAPTER XII. Hoir himtino;—The Purneali Sliikarees—The rliinocoros—Thebuffalo—The alligator—The boa-constrictor. Accidit in puncto qnocl non contingit in anno. What does not occur in the whole course of the year mayhappen in a moment. What can be more delightful or pleasing to tlieexile of tbe East than the retracing the variedcircumstances of past events, still warmly and fondlystamped upon the tablets of his memory ? Whetherthe recollections partake of the bustle of the battlefield, the beauty and conviviality of the banquetscene, dramatic reminiscences, the pleasures ofdomestic life, the spirit-stirring combat with thegallant boar, the crash at the covert side, the purlingover the twisting snipe, or any of the thousand linksthat bind the fellow feelings of men and sportsmentogether in every country, matters not; though thematerials are varied, flowing as they m
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