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still there, so away we went. When we got to the ground 

 Francis said the tiger was moving about from rock to rock, 

 and that he had dragged the buffalo into the nullah. We 

 watched for some time without any result ; we then went 

 to the edge of the nullah and found that the buffalo had been 

 dragged to the foot of a rock. We crept behind some 



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bushes and there remained for some time longer, but it was 

 no use, so we decided to go home to breakfast and return 

 in the afternoon. We had got back to the tree where we 

 had previously watched and were on the point of starting 

 home when we observed a number of vultures coming down 

 to the carcass. R. remarked that they would not leave much, 

 when Francis said that the vultures would be sure to bring 



