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SOMALILAND 
So, catching hold of his fore-leg, I yelled, ‘ Look out, he’s 
coming !’ as I dragged him at a run out into the open. 
You should have seen those niggers run on hearing me ! 
When I got out of the bushes, there was not one to be 
seen nearer than 50 yards. However, they soon ran up on 
seeing the dead leopard, and very sheepish they all looked. 
He was very prettily marked, and his skin lies by me as I 
write. 
