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about an hour I slept peacefully with my back to the 

 tree, and then woke suddenly with an uncanny feel- 

 ing that something was wrong. Mahina, however, 

 was on the alert, and had seen nothing ; and al- 

 though I looked carefully round us on all sides, I too 

 could discover nothing unusual. Only half satisfied, 

 I was about to lie back again, when I fancied I saw 



' I UK FOLLOWING EVENING I TOOK UP MY POSITION IN THIS SAME TREE." 



something move a little way off among the low 

 bushes. On gazing intently at the spot for a few 

 seconds, I found I was not mistaken. It was the 

 man-eater, cautiously stalking us. 



The ground was fairly open round our tree, with 

 only a small bush every here and there ; and from 

 our position it was a most fascinating sight to watch 

 this great brute stealing stealthily round us, taking 



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