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at first thought was a Toda buffalo lying down facing me ; as 

 the mist cleared a little I saw it was a stag, so knocked him 

 on his side with a ball in his chest, and as he rose gave 

 him another behind the shoulder and Bevis pinned him. On 

 going up I found that the deer had also been in the leopard's 





THE LEOPARD'S RIDE. 



clutches ; there was a frightful wound under the elbow, all the 

 muscles and flesh torn out, and his back and flank torn from 

 end to end by the beast's claws. How the deer had got rid of 

 its enemy it is difficult to say, but the stag must have had an 

 unpleasant time of it while it lasted. Poor Snob died the 

 next day. 



The following account of a fight with a cheeta is taken 

 from the journal of 1838 : — 



