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the farm one day looking after, and 

 tending some young lambs ; for, as it had 

 been a very severe winter, and was still 

 raw and chilly, she kept them in different 

 parts of the farm in huts erected for the 

 purpose. She had nearly completed her 

 work, and had only to visit the last hut 

 which lay at the extreme end of the farm 

 and close to the low jungle. Before she 

 opened the door she heard an unaccount- 

 able noise, but thought little about it, and 

 boldly threw open the door after she had 

 unfastened it. Coming suddenly in from 

 the light, she did not at first observe its 

 occupant, and only noticed a hole in the 

 thatch which she had no recollection of 

 having seen before. Something at her 

 feet now attracted her attention, when, 

 to her horror and dismay, she found 

 herself in the presence of a huge Bengal 



