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 and here and there, where sand lay 

 between the rocks, the impress of a 

 mighty paw, showed that he had 

 moved away after being hit. But 

 soon all traces ceased, and though 

 we searched for long we could find 

 no further sign of him. 



We halted on the river-bank during 

 the intense heat of the day, and before 

 resuming our march in the evening 

 we sallied out once more to search 

 the river-bed and an islet grown with 

 bushes, where we hoped he might 

 yet be. And while we searched the 

 hussar, who had been assigned to 

 me to hold my horse, and who was 

 ^ the man who, in the morning, had 

 been posted to watch the river-bed, 

 asked, " How many lions are there 

 supposed to be here ? " I told him 

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