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Hawkes' shot, it was found, had struck in the 

 hind-quarter,- but without breaking any bone, and 

 hence the animal was but little impeded in his 

 flight. 



The hunters after this made a detour on their 

 return towards the village ; but though they saw 

 one herd of cheetul, were unable to get any other 

 shot. 



" I take my Davy, all the luck is with you 

 fellows," observed Mackenzie, on being made ac- 

 quainted with the afternoon's adventures. " Samber 

 right and left after running on the top of your gun. 

 A tiger viewed. Then the other day you had the 

 scrimmage all to yourselves. Your confounded 

 goddess avoids me, Norman." 



" Didn't she do you a good turn with the black 

 cobra, you ungrateful fellow ? " inquired Norman. 

 " Was there not enough of risk in that to content 



" 



you? 



" Well, I forgot that little episode ; but all the 

 jolly incidents befall you. This has been a regular 

 "dies what-do-you-call-it for you to-day. All 

 my Latin has been sweated out of me long ago," 

 Mackenzie added, parenthetically, and then con- 

 tinued, " You are awaked, just in time to kill the 

 panther. Then you get the two eggs, though they 

 were bad. Then you get into a scrape with a tiger, 



