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rriS DEATH. 
in a convulsive spasm. He gave one or two struggles and 
then disappeared over the rock. On going up 1 found it was 
the edge of a precipice, and on looking down saw him lying 
THE BLACK LEOPARD— If tS PEATff. 
dead some cijrhty feet below me ; a beautiful animal as black 
as the blackest torn cat, and when put in the light, one could 
see the dark spots all over liim. The bullet had struck higher 
