ANOTHER OF THE CAT FAMILY. 



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fortune had fallen upon tlieni. Part of their wealth had 

 been annihilated. The meadow where they pastured 

 their sheep had been visited by a wild-cat, a hundred 



THREE NEGROES LYING IN THEIR BLOOD. 



sheep left dead upon the plain, and the rest frightened 

 away into the woods, where it was very difficult to find 

 them. 



