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Eight Years’ Wandering in Ceylon

CHAPTER XII
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My table and bench were formed in the same manner, being of course fixtures, but most substantial.

The kitchen, huts for attendants and kennel were close adjoining.

I could have lived there all my life in fine weather.
I wish I was there now with all my heart.

However, I had sufficient bad luck on my last visit to have disgusted most people.

Poor Matchless, who was as good as her name implied, died of inflammation of the lungs; and I started one morning in very low spirits at her loss, hoping to cheer myself up by a good hunt.
It was not long before old Bluebeard's opening note was heard high upon the hill-tops; but, at the same time, a portion of the pack had found another elk, which, taking an opposite direction, of course divided them.


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