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ting-room, which overlooked the whole town ; there, 

 standing on his hind legs, his fore paws resting on 

 the ledge of the window, and his chin laid between 

 them, he appeared to amuse himself with what was 

 passing beneath. The children also stood with him 

 at the window; and one day, finding his presence 

 an incumbrance, and that they could not get their 

 chairs close, they used their united efforts to pull 

 him down by the tail. He one morning missed the 

 governor, who was settling a dispute in the hall, 

 and who, being surrounded by black people, was 

 hidden from the view of his favourite. Sai wandered 

 with a dejected look to various parts of the fortress 

 in search of him ; and while absent on this errand 

 the audience ceased, the governor returned to his 

 private rooms, and seated himself at a table to write. 

 Presently he heard a heavy step coming up the stairs, 

 and raising his eyes to the open door, he beheld 

 Sai. At that moment he gave himself up for lost ; 

 for Sai immediately sprang from the door on his 

 neck. Instead of devouring him, however, he laid 

 his head close to the governor's, rubbed his cheek 

 upon his shoulder, wagged his tail, and tried to 

 evince his happiness. Occasionally, however, the 

 Panther caused a little alarm to the other inmates of 

 the castle ; and the poor woman who swept the floors, 

 or, to speak technically, the pra-pra woman, was 

 made ill by her fright. She was one day sweeping 

 the boards of the great hall with a short broom, 

 and in an attitude nearly approaching to all fours, 

 and Sai, who was hidden under one of the sofas, 



