It seemed to me that I only heard the howls of one animal in the night, and thought it was the one I had hit.

But as this fellow must have died at once, it is clear that the cries were made by the other." A sharp search was now set up for the tracks of the other leopard, the Houssas going back to the tree and taking it up anew.

They soon found traces of blood in a line diverging from that followed by the other animal.

For an hour they followed this, great care being required, as at times no spots of blood could be seen for a considerable distance.

At last they seemed to lose it altogether.