The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon Sir Samuel White Baker 






















































 -  He had only ten days unexpired, and it
seemed rash, with so short a term, to plunge into an unknown - Page 287
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He Had Only Ten Days Unexpired, And It Seemed Rash, With So Short A Term, To Plunge Into An Unknown Country; However, He Was Determined To Push On, As He Trusted In The Powers Of An Extraordinary Pony That Would Do Any Distance On A Push.

This determination, however destroyed a portion of the trip, as we were obliged to pass quickly through a lovely sporting country, to arrive at a civilised, or rather an acknowledged, line of road by which he could return to Kandy.

Had we, on the contrary, travelled easily through this country, we should have killed an extraordinary amount of game.

We agreed that our route should be this. We were to enter the Veddah country at the north and strike down to the south. I knew a bridle-path from Badulla to Batticaloa, which cut through the Veddah country from west to east; therefore we should meet it at right angles. From this point V. Baker was to bid adieu, and turn to the west and reach Badulla; from thence to Newera Ellia and to his regiment in Kandy. We were to continue our direction southward, which I knew would eventually bring us to the 'Park.'

Nov. 22.--We moved our encampment, accompanied by the headman and his followers; and after a ride of fourteen miles we arrived at the country of Hengiriwatdowane, a park-like spot of about twelve square miles, at which place we were led to expect great sport. The appearance of the ground was all that we could wish; numerous patches of jungle and single trees were dotted upon the surface of fine turf.

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