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in sleeping; and Sai—as the panther was 
called, after the royal giver—roamed at 
large. On one occasion he found his ser¬ 
vant sitting on the step of the door, upright, 
but fast asleep, when he lifted his paw, gave 
him a blow on the side of the head which 
laid him flat, and then stood wagging his 
tail, as though enjoying the mischief he had 
committed. He became exceedingly at¬ 
tached to the governor, and followed him 
everywhere, like a dog. His favourite sta¬ 
tion was at the window of a sitting-room 
which overlooked the whole town: there, 
standing on his hind-legs, his fore-paws rest¬ 
ing on the window-ledge and his head laid 
between them, he appeared to interest him¬ 
self with what was passing beneath. The 
children also stood with him at the window; 
and one day, finding his presence an encum¬ 
brance, and that they could not get their 
chairs close, they used their united efforts 
to pull him down by the tail.’ ” 
“ Think of that, Daisy!” said Richard. 
“ How would you like to look out of a win¬ 
dow alongside of a leopard ?” 
“I shouldn’t like it at all,” said Daisy, 
decidedly; “ and I wouldn’t do it. What if 
