The rifle and the hound in Ceylon . hat I was determined to makehis acquaintance. My friend B. accompanied me, andwe immediately started on horseback. Our route lay across very extensive plains, inter-spersed with low thorny bushes and wide salt wild hogs invited us to a chase. Therecould not be a better spot for boar-spearing, as theground is level and clear for riding. There werenumerous herds of deer and buffaloes, but we did notfire a shot, as we had determined upon an interviewwith the rogue. We traversed about four miles of thisstyle of country, and were crossing a smal
The rifle and the hound in Ceylon . hat I was determined to makehis acquaintance. My friend B. accompanied me, andwe immediately started on horseback. Our route lay across very extensive plains, inter-spersed with low thorny bushes and wide salt wild hogs invited us to a chase. Therecould not be a better spot for boar-spearing, as theground is level and clear for riding. There werenumerous herds of deer and buffaloes, but we did notfire a shot, as we had determined upon an interviewwith the rogue. We traversed about four miles of thisstyle of country, and were crossing a small plain, whenour guide suddenly stopped and pointed to the ele-phant, who was about a quarter of a mile distant. Hewas standing on a little glade of about fifty yardsacross ; this was surrounded upon all sides but onewith dense thorny jungle, and he therefore stood in asmall bay of open ground. It was a difficult positionfor an attack. The wind blew directly from us to him,therefore an advance in that direction was out of the ?-a. chap. vii. ANOTHER ROGUE. 165 question ; on the other hand, if we made a circuit soas to get the wind, we should have to penetrate throughthe thorny jungle to arrive at him, and we should thenhave the five oclock sun directly in our eyes. How-ever, there was no alternative, and, after a little con-sultation, the latter plan was resolved upon. Dismounting, we ordered the horse-keepers to con-ceal the horses and themselves behind a thick bush,lest the elephant should observe them, and with thisprecaution we advanced, making a circuit of nearly amile to obtain the wind. On arrival at the belt ofthick jungle which divided us from the small gladeupon which he stood, I perceived, as I had expected,that the sun was full in our eyes. This was a disad-vantage which I felt convinced would lose us the ele-phant, unless some extraordinary chance intervened ;however, we entered the thick jungle before us, andcautiously pushed our way through it. This belt wasnot m
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