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of the unfortunate girl, his last victim such 

 as a foot, a hand, and the wrist with the 

 silver bangle, or bracelet upon it, which was 

 recognised by numbers of her friends who 

 had seen her constantly wear it. There 

 were also a kid, a portion of a pariah dog, 

 and some fish in his capacious maw. 



I then cut off his head, which I have had 

 preserved, and it is still a source of wonder 

 to my lady friends, and a terror to their 

 children. Before leaving on the third 

 morning, I went to see the carcass, and it 

 was still wriggling about. The tenacity 

 of life that these brutes display is most 

 remarkable, but surely this could only 

 have been a muscular motion. The river 

 was now falling, and the villagers in- 

 formed me that it would probably be safe to 

 cross on the following morning ; so, to pass 

 the intervening day, I got out my gun, 



