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ing his movements from the hill-side, 

 saw that something was wrong, and 

 came running down ; and when he 

 looked up again the tiger had dis- 

 appeared. 



On another day the same two com- 

 panions in search of elk as before, 

 again ascended a hill-side and sat 

 down to watch the wood below, 

 through which they had just passed. 



They had not watched long when 

 just at the point where they quitted 

 the wood there emerged not an elk 

 but a tiger ; he came out with his 

 nose to the ground and began ascend- 

 ing the hill, still sniffing on the exact 

 line they had followed. They watched 

 the brute with indignant and unpleasant 

 surprise. Oould he be stalking them ? 



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