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envied me my adventures, even while he 

 praised my enterprise. Calling some of 

 the men, he at once started off to secure 

 the skin of the tiger : I should have 

 greatly liked to have accompanied them, 

 but my father would not hear of my doing 

 so after he had examined my arm and 

 shoulder, but he ordered me at once to 

 bed; my aunt came to me and applied 

 soothing remedies, for, by this time, my 

 hand, arm and shoulder were all fearfully 

 swollen, and they were afraid to set the 

 fracture till the inflammation had subsided. 

 " The time seemed to be interminable 

 until the party returned with the tiger's 

 skin, and when they did return and related 

 their adventures I was not suprised at the 

 delay. From my description of the place 

 they had no difficulty in finding the object 

 of their search, but on approaching the 



