There the two dogs hung like ear-rings as the buck, rearing up, swung them to and fro, but could not break their hold.

In another moment the greyhounds were upon him-the whole pack covered him; his beautiful form was seen alternately rearing from the water with the dogs hanging upon him in all directions, then struggling in a confused mass nearly beneath the surface of the stream.
He was a brave fellow, and had fought nobly, but there was no hope for him, and we put an end to the fight with the hunting-knife.
It was past four o'clock P.M., and he had been found at seven A.M., but the conclusion fully repaid us for the day's work.

The actual distance run by the buck was not above eight miles, but we had gone about twenty during the day, the greater portion of which was over most fatiguing ground.
On an open country an elk would never be caught without greyhounds until he had run fifteen or twenty miles.

The dense jungles fatigue him as he ploughs his way through them, and thus forms a path for the dogs behind him.

How he can move in some of these jungles is an enigma; a horse would break his legs, and, in fact, could not stir in places through which an elk passes in full gallop.
The principal underwood in the mountain districts of Ceylon is the 'nillho.' This is a perfectly straight stem, from twelve to twenty feet in length, and about an inch and a half in diameter, having no branches except a few small arms at the top, which are covered with large leaves.
This plant, in proportion to its size, grows as close as corn in a field, and forms a dense jungle most difficult to penetrate.