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took no notice of it for some time, till I saw 

 a large party of them making for my camp. 

 They were headed by an old man who 

 turned out to be the Kotwl of the village. 

 This Kotwl (or, native magistrate) 

 came to tell me that his only daughter, 

 Nema, had been out for a walk that after- 

 noon near the village, with a friend, when 

 suddenly, a tiger sprang out of a bush after 

 they had passed it, and seized the unfor- 

 tunate Nema, carrying her off to the 

 jungle. Her friend raised such an outcry 

 that the distracted father and several of 

 his men were in time to see the tiger 

 cutting off in the distance, and the poor 

 girl being dragged along the ground ; 

 they followed with tam-tams, yelling, and 

 making all sorts of noises, but it had 

 only the effect of sending the tiger and 

 his prey further into the jungle. They 



