Punch (53.1867)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [September 14, 1867.

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HERE ’S SPORT INDEED ! ”

Mb. Griffin, of the C.C.S., and Ensign Green of the
0 R.R., HAVING COME TO CEVLON IN THE SAME VESSEL,
ARRANGE THAT WHEN THEY CAN GET LEAVE OF ABSENCE, THEY
WILL GO TOGETHER “ To HATH A POT AT THE ELEPHANTS.”
In due time they go, and following their Tracker, at
length Discover the Animal.

They Escape Unscathed, but a Little Refreshment
becomes Necessary.

Having arrived without Discovery in the midst of a
Herd, Mr. Griffin Fires, and turning round to take
Another Gun sees nothing of the Gunbearers but their
Heels.


Coming in Sight of a Herd in Open Ground, they have an opportunity of observing “
Young running playfully among the Herd, the Emblems of Innocence.”—Vide

Sir Emerson Tennent.

The

He rs Pursued, and knowing that the best Thing under such Circumst.nces, is to
Turn Sharp Bound, does so, and finds himself in the above Position. In
media tulissimus ibis (? !)

Mr. Green turns up in the Nick of Time, Shoots one, and the rest Run Away. Extract from Mr. Dreen's Diary:—“Griffin executed a Paj Sesu
which for Originality of Conception, combined with Brilliancy of Execution, has perhaps never been Equalled.”