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THE LEOPARDS RIDE, 
at first thought was a Toda buffalo lying down facing me ; as 
the mist cleared a little I saw it was a stafj, so knocked him 
on his side with a ball in his chest, and as he rose gave 
him another behind the shoulder and Be vis pinned him. On 
going up I found that the deer had also been in the leopard's 
THE LEOPARD'S RIDE, 
clutches ; there was a frightful wound under the elbow, all the 
muscles and flesh torn out, and his back and flank torn from 
end to end by the beast's claws. How the deer had got rid of 
its enemy it is difficult to say, but the stag must have had an 
unpleasant time of it while it lasted. Poor Snob died the 
next day. 
The following account of a fight with a cheeta is taken 
from the journal of 1838 : — 
