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Near the elk, old bruin and cubs, or some hogs., have been occasionally seen grubbing up the wild potatoes, and taking shelter "in the same wood. Arrived on the spot, the different sportsmen take their stations along the side and at the bottom of the wood, in the places most likely for the game to break. The dogs being all in hand, are held out of sight and hearing behind the brow of the hill, and when the AND NEILGHERRY HILLS. 53 sportsmen have taken up their positions, the master of the chase sounds his horn, and every dog rushes into the wood. If it be large and sometimes they are of two or three miles in ex- tent nothing is heard for a few minutes but the dog-boys ,cheering the pack ; some hound then strikes upon the scent or catches a view, and then begins the stimulating cry of the dogs, and every sportsman anxiously looks out for elk, bear, or jungle sheep. Those who are getting into the " sere and yellow leaf," and whose limbs are not so pliant with the oil of youth as formerly, are best placed on some neighbouring tree or rock, where the tracks and fresh soil of the elk are to be seen, and where no active efforts need be made. Here they are

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