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ing his movements from the hill-side, 

 saw that something was wrong, and 

 came running down ; and when he 

 looked up again the tiger had dis- 

 appeared. 



On another day the same two com- 

 panions in search of elk as before, 

 again ascended a hill- side and sat 

 down to watch the wood below, 

 through which they had just passed* 



They had not watched long when 

 just at the point where they quitted 

 the wood there emerged not an elk 

 but a tiger ; he came out with his 

 nose to the ground and began ascend- 

 ing the hill, still sniffing on the exact 

 line they had followed. They watched 

 the brute with indignant and unpleasant 

 surprise. Could he be stalking them? 



