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turned his back, I discharged my other barrel at 

 him, mounted my horse as quickly as possible, 

 and rode round to the opposite side of the hill, to 

 see if he passed over it, and into the jungle : not 

 seeing him, I was certain that he had stopped in 

 the hill. By this time, there were at least five 

 hundred persons present, who went over the hill, 

 which did not cover more than an acre of ground, 

 without seeing the leopard : I insisted that he 

 was there, and they ascended it a second time : 

 at last, we heard a man cry out, as if wounded, 

 which was presently followed by a general shout : 

 we soon found that the leopard was killed. 



One man came on him suddenly, where he lay 

 between two rocks, upon which the leopard 

 sprung at him, and seized him with his mouth by 

 the thigh : another man, close by, seeing it, cut 

 at him with his sword, and made him quit his 

 hold : he then instantly seized the man who cut 

 him by the neck, but a number quickly coming to 

 his assistance, disengaged him, and literally cut 

 the leopard to pieces. On examining the body, 

 two balls had entered ; one near the heart, the 

 other near the hip. 



I have inserted this account, as a warning to 



