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my horse as quickly as possible, and rode 

 round to the opposite side of the hill., to see if 

 he passed over it, and into the jungle; not 

 seeing- him,, I was certain that he had stopped 

 in the hill. By this time, there were at least 

 five hundred persons present, who went over 

 the hill, which did not cover more than an 

 acre of ground, without seeing the leopard ; I 

 insisted that he was there, and they ascended 

 it a second time ; at last, we heard a man cry 

 out, as if wounded; which was presently fol- 

 lowed by a general shout; we soon found 

 that the leopard was killed. 



One man came on him suddenly, where he 

 lay between two rocks, upon which the leo- 

 pard sprung at him, and seized him with his 

 mouth by the thigh ; another man close by, 

 seeing it, cut at him with his sword, and made 

 him quit his hold ; he then instantly seized 

 the man who cut him by the neck, but a num- 

 ber quickly coming to his assistance, disen- 

 gaged him, and literally cut the leopard to 

 pieces. On examining his body, two balls 

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