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420 and, on horseback and alone, attempted to penetrate a cover known to be infested by tigers. He was missed for some days, and no one knew what had become of him; but his well-known horse was at last discovered grazing near the margin of the forest, saddled and bridled, and exactly in the state in which it was when Cheetoo had last been seen upon it. A bag of two hundred and fifty rupees was found in the saddle, together with several seal-rings, and some letters from Appa Sahib containing promises of future reward to the great robber.

A search was made in the cover for the body, and at no great distance ample evidence was afforded of the tiger's horrid meal. He who had so long tyrannised over