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him in the chest. The creature doubled up like a 
caterpillar, undid itself, gave one or two twists, doubled 
up again, and finally dropped very near to us. 
We were anxious to get the trophy back to camp for 
the better convenience of skinning it, as we were 
already late in starting the morning’s march, but our 
pony would have none of it, and at the suggestion of 
burdening his usually willing little back with the cat- 
like carcase, gave us to understand that whatever else 
he might carry at any time it would never be a leopard. 
We had to give up the attempt at last, and two hunters 
stayed behind to skin and decapitate the prize, coming 
in to camp about two hours after us. This particular 
leopard differed slightly from the one obtained in the 
Haweea, but, like all of the leopard tribe, it doubtless 
differed in skin and colouring by reason of the part 
of the world where it lived and had its being. The 
chin was almost white, and it was lighter in colouring 
all over. We neglected to measure it when pegged 
out for drying, but dressed, it touched just six feet from 
tip to tail. The bullet of the night before had passed 
through the forearm, and I think it would have got 
over its effects in time nicely. 
Nothing more of any moment occurred on the 
great hurried march. We walked, and slept, and rode 
and ate, and ate, and rode, and slept, and walked. 
The history of those strenuous six days is summed up 
in these words. We managed very well this time 
about the water, though we ran things very fine at the 
last, landing at wells with but a quart in hand. 
The last afternoon was rendered hideous by a 
