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the direction indicated. The finger appeared to 

 point directly at a fallen tree trunk some 40 

 yards ahead, which I had already noticed. 

 The trunk was lying pointing in the direction 

 we were going, some fallen monarch of the last 

 monsoon gale, and was in shade with a chequer 



A large leopard stretched at length along the tree. 



of sunlight along its bole. Again I looked at it 

 most closely. Surely something moved some- 

 thing indistinct and dark and black. Suddenly 

 I saw it. The whole thing leaped to my eye, 

 and I realized that I was gazing at a fine large 

 leopard stretched at length along the bole of the 

 tree, tail towards us, and head turned watching 

 the elephant. Not a trace of fear was there about 



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