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him in the chest. The creature doubled up like a 

 caterpillar, undid itself, gave one or two twists, doubled 

 up again, and finally dropped very near to us. 



We were anxious to get the trophy back to camp for 

 the better convenience of skinning it, as we were 

 already late in starting the morning's march, but our 

 pony would have none of it, and at the suggestion of 

 burdening his usually willing little back with the cat- 

 like carcase, gave us to understand that whatever else 

 he might carry at any time it would never be leopard. 

 We had to give up the attempt at last, and two hunters 

 stayed behind to skin and decapitate the prize, coming 

 in to camp about two hours after us. This particular 

 leopard differed slightly from the one obtained in the 

 Haweea, but, like all of the leopard tribe, it doubtless 

 differed in skin and colouring by reason of the part 

 of the world where it lived and had its being. The 

 chin was almost white, and it was lighter in colouring 

 all over. We neglected to measure it when pegged 

 out for drying, but, dressed, it touched just six feet from 

 tip to tail. The bullet of the night before had passed 

 through the forearm, and I think it would have got 

 over its effects in time nicely. 



Nothing more of any moment occurred on the 

 great hurried march. We walked, and slept, and rode 

 and ate, and ate, and rode, and slept, and walked. 

 The history of those strenuous six days is summed up 

 in these words. We managed very well this time 

 about the water, though we ran things very fine at the 

 ast, landing at wells with but a quart in hand. 



The last afternoon was rendered hideous by a 



