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greatest success. So now he goes about among 

 the others with a triumphant grin, and considers 

 himself quite a sportsman. A Langour, up-country, 

 once took up a terrier and tore it in two; and 

 another ran off with a native baby. When the 

 crowd pursued him, he rapped the child's head on 

 the ground and killed it; so vicious are they. I 

 hoped these would disappear when there were no 

 more mangoes to steal, but now they come for the 

 guavas. So we are obliged to gather them in 

 before they are ripe. 



Some years ago when Klinker was a baby, he 

 actually caught a Gecko. It was very funny to see 

 him running along with it in his mouth, the animal 

 as big as himself ; and the long lizard-like tail drag- 

 ging on the grass. Klinker deposited it on the 

 ground for a little rest, and the Gecko feigned death ; 

 but when Klinker looked at us for approval, the 

 Gecko made for the water, and was gone in an 

 instant. Klinker sat on the bank, perfectly still 

 for a quarter of an hour, watching the water, 

 and no doubt feeling a very foolish dog. He 

 looked one. 



I have never been able to discover if the Gecko 



