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whence I thought the noise proceeded. I distinctly saw 

 a movement or waving in the high grass, as if something 

 was making its way towards me : then I heard a loud 

 purring sound, and saw something twitching backwards 

 and forwards behind a clump of low bush and long grass, 

 about eight or ten paces from me, and a little in the 

 rear. It was a ticklish moment, but I felt prepared. I 

 stepped back a couple of paces, in order to get a better 

 view, which action probably saved my life, for immediately 

 the brute sprang into the middle of the road, alighting 

 about six feet from the place where I was standing. I 

 fired a hurried shot ere he could gather himself up for 

 another spring, and when the smoke cleared away, I saw 

 him rolling over and over in the dusty road, writhing in 

 his death agony, for my shot had entered the neck and 

 gone down into his chest. I stepped on one side and 

 gave him my second barrel behind the ear, when dark 

 blood rushed from his nostrils, a slight tremor passed 

 over his limbs, and all was still. The man-eater was 

 dead, and his victims avenged." 



After nine years of soldiering and sport in India 

 Leveson returned to England in 1853. When the war 

 with Russia broke out he at once offered his services to 

 the Turkish Government, and obtained a command in 

 the Light Cavalry under Osman Pasha, who was then 

 advancing with an army into the Danubian Provinces. 

 Here " the Old Shekarry " performed one of the most 

 extraordinary feats in his varied career. He had gone 

 out on a reconnaissance and, in company with his friend 

 Fritz von Roth, a young Hungarian, was cut off by the 

 Cossacks. A desperate ride for life followed. " The 



