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over in the early morning. There was one man who, by his 

 own account, had been a most intrepid sportsman, though we 

 had never known him bag anything more formidable than a 

 quail. One morning he started up the hill by the only foot- 

 path. The day had not yet broken, and on getting into the 

 jungle he heard the steps of some beast following him. He 

 halted, and the sounds ceased ; but on his advancing, they 

 were again heard. Becoming somewhat nervous, he kept his 

 rifle ready, and at length saw what his diseased imagination 

 led him to believe was a huge tiger. He at once loosed his 

 piece, and shouted loudly, but was only answered by the 

 bleating of a goat, which had followed him from the village, 

 and which he fortunately had missed in his excitement. 



