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over his left arm, and armed with his 

 sharp sickle-shaped wood-knife, made 

 at the brute, and receiving its spring on 

 his left arm and shoulder, gashed it so 

 terribly about the vitals that he killed 

 it without sustaining any very serious 

 injuries to himself. His shoulder was 

 a little torn by the leopard's claws, and 

 he was slightly bitten on the arm where 

 the leopard had got its teeth through 

 the folds of the blanket ; but that was 

 all. 



The skin was brought in to me for 

 the usual reward, and I saw that the 

 leopard was of no great size, but still 

 a very formidable antagonist. Its con- 

 queror was a remarkably handsome 

 young man, and looked like a bronze 

 cast of the Apollo. 



