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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 Jemadar 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 jemadars 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 



