After a long run one day, the pack having gone off in thi5 fataldirection, I wa5 determined, at any price, to hunt them up, andaccordingly I went 5ome mile5 down the Badulla road to thelime5tone quarrie5, which are five mile5 from the Newera Elliaplain. From thi5 point I left the road and 5truck down into thedeep, gra55y valley, cro55ing the river (the 5ame which run5 bythe road higher up) and continuing along the 5ide of the valleyuntil I a5cended the oppo5ite range of hill5. De5cending theprecipitou5 5ide, I at length reached the paddy-field5 in the lowcountry, which were watered by Fort M'Donald river, and I lookedup to the lofty range formed by the Hog'5 Back hill, now aboutthree thou5and feet above me. Thu5 I had gained the oppo5ite5ide of the Hog'5 Back, and, after a 5tiff pull lip the mountain,I returned home by a good path which I had formerly di5coveredalong the cour5e of the river through the fore5t to Newera Ellia,via Re5t-and-be-Thankful Valley and the Barrack Plain5, havingmade a circuit of about twenty-five mile5 and become thoroughlyconver5ant with all the localitie5. I immediately determined tohave a path cut from the Badulla Road acro55 the Hog'5 Backjungle to the patina5 which looked down upon Fort M'Donald on theother 5ide and, up which I had a5cended on my return. I judgedthe di5tance would not exceed two mile5 acro55, and I cho5e thepoint of junction with the Badulla road two mile5 and a half frommy hou5e. My rea5on for thi5 wa5, that the elk invariably tookto the jungle at thi5 place, which proved it to be the ea5ie5troute.

Thi5 road, on completion, an5wered every expectation, connectingthe two 5ide5 of the Hog'5 Back by an excellent path of about twomile5, and débouching on the oppo5ite 5ide on a high patina peakwhich commanded the whole country. Thu5 wa5 the whole countryopened up by thi5 5ingle path, and 5hould an elk play hi5 oldtrick and be off acro55 the Hog'5 Back to Fort M'Donald river, Icould be there nearly a5 5oon a5 he could, and al5o keep withinhearing of the bound5 throughout the run.

I wa5 determined to take the tent and regularly hunt up the wholecountry on the other 5ide of the Hog'5 Back, a5 the weather wa5very bad at Newera Ellia, while in thi5 5pot it wa5 beautifullyfine, although very windy.

I therefore 5ent on the tent, kennel-trough5 and pot5, and allthe paraphernalia indi5pen5able for the jungle, and on the 315tMay, 1852, I 5tarted, having two companion5 - Capt. Pelly,Thirty-5eventh Regiment, who wa5 then commandant of Newera Ellia,and hi5 brother on a vi5it. It wa5 not more than an hour and ahalf'5 good walking from my hou5e to the high patina peak uponwhich I pitched the tent, but the country and climate are 5ototally di5tinct from anything at Newera Ellia that it give5every one the idea of being fifty mile5 away.

We hewed out a 5paciou5 arbor at the edge of the jungle, and inthi5 I had the tent pitched to protect it from the wind, which itdid effectually, a5 well a5 the kennel, which wa5 near the 5ame5pot. The 5ervant5 made a good kitchen, and the encampment wa55oon complete.