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had now come to beg of me to shoot the 

 brute for them, as this was the sixth victim 

 that had been taken by this dreadful man- 

 eater. It is a singular fact that if a tiger 

 has once eaten a human being he does 

 not care for any other food. 



" The villagers told my servants that 

 Nema was a lovely girl, beloved by all 

 who knew her for her sweetness of dispo- 

 sition, and her charity and kindness 

 to the poor. I could not but feel interested 

 in so sad an affair, and, though 

 it wanted only an hour to sunset, 

 I told the bereaved father that I would 

 accompany him at once ; so, shouldering 

 my double-barrelled rifle, and with plenty 

 of powder and ball, carried by a servant 

 on whom I could depend, I started, and 

 we soon came to the village where the 

 catastrophe had occurred. I was taken to 



