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ed from one branch to another with the swiftness of 

 a common monkey. Had the country been covered 

 with wood, it would have been almost impossible to 

 prevent his escape, as his mode of travelling from 

 one tree to another was as rapid as the progress of 

 a swift horse. Even amidst the few trees that were 

 on the spot his movements were so quick that it was 

 very difficult to obtain a settled aim ; and it was 

 only by cutting down one tree after another, that 

 his pursuers, by confining him within a very limited 

 range, were enabled to destroy him by several suc- 

 cessive shots. Having received five balls his exer- 

 tions relaxed, and reclining exhausted against a 

 branch, he vomited a quantity of blood. The am- 

 munition of the hunters being by this time ex- 

 hausted, they were obliged to fell the tree in order 

 to obtain him ; but what was their surprise to see 

 him, as the tree was falling, effect his retreat to 

 another, with seemingly undiminished vigour ! In 

 fact they were compelled to cut down all the trees 

 before they could force him to combat his enemies 

 on the ground; and when finally overpowered by 

 numbers, and nearly in a dying state, he seized a 

 spear made of a supple wood, which would have 

 withstood the strength of the stoutest man, and, in 

 the words of the narrator, broke it " like a carrot." 

 It was stated by those who aided in his death, that 

 the human-like expression of his countenance, and 

 his piteous manner of placing his hands over his 

 wounds, distressed their feelings so as almost to 

 make them question the nature of the act they were 



