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ins death. 



in a convulsive spasm. He gave one or two struggles and 

 then disappeared over the rock. On going up I found it was 

 the edge of a precipice, and on looking down saw him lying 



THE BLACK LEOPARD- HIS DEATH. 



dead some eighty feet below me ; a beautiful animal as black 

 as the blackest torn cat, and when put in the light, one could 

 see the dark spots all over him. The bullet had struck higher 



