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A Morning's Deer-coursing Kondawataweny Rogue at Kondawa taweny A Close Shave Preparations for Catching an Elephant Catching an Elephant Taming Him Flying Shot at a Buck Cave at Dimbooldene Awkward Ground A Charmed Life. IT was in July, 1848, that I pitched my tent in the portion of Ceylon known as the 'Park, for the purpose of deer-coursing.
The flesh of the spotted deer is more like mutton than English venison, and is excellent eating; it would be still better if the climate would allow of its being kept for a few days. There is no sport in Ceylon, in my opinion, that is equal to deer-coursing, but the great difficulty attending it, is the lack of good greyhounds.
The acknowledged sports of Ceylon are elephant-shooting, buffalo-shooting, deer-shooting, elk-hunting, and deer-coursing: the two latter can only be enjoyed by a resident in the island, as of course the sport is dependent upon a pack of fine hounds.
This forms another reason for the choice of large hounds. The next sport is 'deer-coursing. This is one of the most delightful kinds of sport in Ceylon. The game is the axis or spotted deer, and the open plains in many parts of the low country afford splendid ground for both greyhound and horse.
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