AN ADVENTURE WITH A LEOPARD 



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We did not speak much till we got back to camp. On 

 arrival there, " What do you think, havildah, shall we 

 get him ? " 



" He was badly hit, sahib." 



" So I think," I replied. " Have the elephant ready at 

 dawn." 



We found the beast next morning stone dead at the foot 

 of a tree two hundred yards from the place where he had 

 sprung into the forest. 



