Chapter XX 1 1 1. 
A PANTHER HUNT. 
I HAVE never in 
my life written a 
tale of sport, or a 
narrative of per- 
sonal adventure ; 
but I have read a 
good many, and I 
think I know how 
the thing should be 
done, so I will turn 
aside from the 
peaceful course of 
these papers and 
endeavour to give 
an account of what befell me not long ago. 
My friend H. and I had just arrived at an out-worn 
little town, which had once been a place of some im- 
