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rejected masses of his partly-digested supper, but 110 

 tiger. 



" He will have gone to the nearest water/' 

 whispered Eugonauth. " Look ! here is his track 

 along this path." 



" Where is the water \ " quickly interrogated 

 Mackenzie. 



Rugonauth looked to Manajee, and the latter, 

 pointing along the path, said, " The track leads to 

 it. The water is about fifty paces off." 



"He is evidently very bad," Norman observed. 

 " I suppose we had better follow. Is the jungle 

 more open about the water, Manajee ?" 



" Yes, Sahib, it is clearer there." 



" Then come along," Mackenzie said. " There is 

 only room for two of us to squeeze along abreast. 

 Norman and I will do so ; and you, Hawkes, keep 

 close behind us with Rugonauth, and join our 

 front whenever you find room. We must all 

 keep a sharp look-out. He may be lying any- 

 where to right or left, and be down on us like a 

 shot." 



The advance was silently, slowly, and cautiously 

 conducted. Rugonauth peered between the two 

 leaders with the object of giving immediate 

 notice if the animal's pug entered the jungle on 

 either flank, while all the others remained on the 



