Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 28, 2025
'A few days after this act, a hundred men assembled at Doolana, determined upon his destruction. They were all picked elephant-hunters Moormen; active and sinewy fellows, accustomed to danger from their childhood. Some were armed with axes, sharpened to the keenest edge, some with long spears, and others with regular elephant ropes, formed of the thongs of raw deer's hide, beautifully twisted.
In the neighbourhood of Doolana I had killed many elephants some years ago, and I have no doubt we could have had good sport at this time; but V. Baker's leave was so fast expiring, and the natives' accounts of the distance through the Veddah country were so vague, that we had no choice except to push straight through as fast as we could travel, until we should arrive on the Batticaloa path.
They are supposed to be descended from Arabian origin, and they hold the Mohammedan religion. The Rhatamahatmeya, or head man of the district, resides at Doolana, and he had received us in a most hospitable manner. We therefore started direct from his house. Passing through a belt of low thick jungle, exactly in front of the village, we entered upon the plain which formed the border of the tank.
We planned our campaign that evening at dinner. Nov. 18. At daybreak I started Wallace off to Doolana to bring my old acquaintance the Rhatamahatmeya and the Moormen trackers. I felt confident that I could prevail upon him to accompany us to the limits of his district; this was all-important to our chance of sport, as without him we could procure no assistance from the natives.
We took leave of our friend the Rhatamahatmeya; he had provided us with good trackers, who were to accompany us through the Veddah country to the 'Park'; but I now began to have my doubts as to their knowledge of the ground. However, we started, and after skirting the Doolana tank for some distance, we rode five miles through fine forest, and then arrived on the banks of the Mahawelle river.
Doolana is upon the very verge of the most northern point of the Veddah country, the whole of which wild district is the finest part of Ceylon for sport. Even to this day few Europeans have hunted these secluded wilds.
The Four-ounce again Tidings of a Rogue Approaching a Tank Rogue An Exciting Moment Ruins of Pollanarua Ancient Ruins Rogues at Doolana B. Charged by a Rogue Planning an Attack A Check Narrow Escape Rogue-stalking A Bad Rogue Dangers of Elephant-shooting The Rhatamahatmeya's Tale. A broken nipple in my long two-ounce rifle took me to Trincomalee, about seventy miles out of my proposed route.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking