EPISODE OF A MUSEUM EXPEDITION 



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arm free but succeeded only in drawing 

 the full length of the arm through her 

 mouth an inch at a time. I was con- 

 scious of no pain, only of the sound of 

 the crushing of tense muscles and the 

 choking snarling grunts of the beast. 



We went to the ground, the leopard 

 underneath, my right hand in her mouth, 

 my left clutching her throat, my knees 

 on her lungs, my elbows in her armpits 

 spreading her front legs apart so that 

 her frantic clawing did nothing more 



The natives come long distances to water their camels and sheep at the wells of the desert 



Three camel men of the expedition. Natives of Somaliland are devotees of courage and ostrasize 

 any of their fellows who show the white feather 



