IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



His eyes shone as if they were burning coals. Then 

 slowly he advanced towards the trap. I did not 

 wonder that Rogala had admonished me to make no 

 noise. The leopard was slowly crawling near, his 

 belly almost touching the ground. 



I watched him carefully to see what he was going to 

 do. His long tail beat his flanks. He sniffed at the 

 goat, and finding that he could not reach the fright- 

 ened creature, he went round the trap. I watched 

 with breathless attention. 



Then he came to the opening, and entered. Soon 

 after I heard the trap-door close behind him. That 

 did not disturb him, for all he thought of was the goat. 

 He went on until he got so jammed in that he could 

 not advance further. Then he became excited as he 

 tried to extricate himself, and roared with anger. He 

 could not turn back, and I fired and killed him. 



In an instant Rogala, Shinshooko, and Alapai 

 were out of their cabins, guns in hand, running to- 

 wards the goat-house. We lighted torches to frighten 

 other leopards, and came out with them. The men 

 gave a terrific war-cry, and shouted : " Leopard, you 

 will not eat more of our goats ! " In a short time 

 everybody was around the leopard, looking at him. 



I opened his mouth and looked at his terrible- 

 looking canines. " These four canines," I said, " I 



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