Every  thing  that  I  could  imagine,  that  might  recall
the  vital  spark,  was  tried,  but  in  vain;  and  I  might,
as  likely  as  not,  have  perished  of  starvation  by  the
side  of  the  lifeless  man,  or  in  the  further  wilderness
of  the  plain,  had  not  one  of  our  dogs  luckily  dis-
covered the  spot  where  we  were  lying,  and  presently
set  up  such  a  yelling  and  barking,  as  brought  two  of
our  followers  to  the  spot.
Lifting  the  body,  that  we  still  supposed  to  be  soul-
less, across  the  horse,  we  were  guided  back  to  the
bungalow;  and  never  felt  I  such  pleasurable  sensations
in  my  existence  as  the  first  faint  sigh  that  broke  from


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the  breast  of  the  noble  fellow  whose  supposed  remains
I  was  watching !

I  had  despatched  a  man  forty  miles  for  a  sur-
geon, and  in  the  evening  of  the  second  day  he
arrived  to  find  the  sufferer's  collar-bone  smashed,
but  the  back-bone  miraculously  preserved.  By  care-
ful treatment  he  in  time  perfectly  recovered  ;  but  I
think  he  abjured  deer  coursing  afterwards — one  thing
I  am  very  certain  of,  which  is  that  /did. — It's  no  joke
watching  dead  men  in  a  wilderness  where  you've  lost
your  way,  with  the  prospect  of  a  three  days'  stock  of
carrion  to  live  on,  and  then  to  lie  down  and  die,  and
perhaps,  never  have  the  satisfaction  of  being  picked  up
and  owned  afterwards !


The  "  neatest"  sport  I  ever  witnessed  in  pursuit  of
deer,  is  that  followed  on  the  sandy  plains,  on  the
Madras  side  of  India,  by  the  principal  natives ;  viz.,
running  down  the  antelope  by  means  of  cheetahs.
