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indulged in the man-eaters’ habit of licking the skin 
off so as to get at the fresh blood. (I have been 
led to believe that this is their custom from the 
appearance of two half-eaten bodies which I subse- 
quently rescued : the skin was gone in places, and 
the flesh looked dry, as if it had been sucked.) On 
THE TENT FROM WHICH /emadar UNGAN SINGH WAS CARRIED OFF. 
reaching the spot where the body had been devoured, 
a dreadful spectacle presented itself. The ground 
all round was covered with blood and morsels of 
flesh and bones, but the unfortunate zemadar’s head 
had been left intact, save for the holes made by the 
lion’s tusks on seizing him, and lay a short distance 
away from the other remains, the eyes staring wide 
