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The
event
justified
Cyrus
Harding
's
predictions
.
On
the
3rd
of
December
,
Herbert
had
left
the
plateau
to
go
and
fish
on
the
southern
bank
of
the
lake
.
He
was
unarmed
,
and
till
then
had
never
taken
any
precautions
for
defense
,
as
dangerous
animals
had
not
shown
themselves
on
that
part
of
the
island
.
Meanwhile
,
Pencroft
and
Neb
were
working
in
the
poultry-yard
,
while
Harding
and
the
reporter
were
occupied
at
the
Chimneys
in
making
soda
,
the
store
of
soap
being
exhausted
.
Suddenly
cries
resounded
,
--
"
Help
!
help
!
"
Cyrus
Harding
and
the
reporter
,
being
at
too
great
a
distance
,
had
not
been
able
to
hear
the
shouts
.
Pencroft
and
Neb
,
leaving
the
poultry-yard
in
all
haste
,
rushed
towards
the
lake
.
But
before
then
,
the
stranger
,
whose
presence
at
this
place
no
one
had
suspected
,
crossed
Creek
Glycerine
,
which
separated
the
plateau
from
the
forest
,
and
bounded
up
the
opposite
bank
.
Herbert
was
there
face
to
face
with
a
fierce
jaguar
,
similar
to
the
one
which
had
been
killed
on
Reptile
End
.
Suddenly
surprised
,
he
was
standing
with
his
back
against
a
tree
,
while
the
animal
gathering
itself
together
was
about
to
spring
.
But
the
stranger
,
with
no
other
weapon
than
a
knife
,
rushed
on
the
formidable
animal
,
who
turned
to
meet
this
new
adversary
.
The
struggle
was
short
.
The
stranger
possessed
immense
strength
and
activity
.
He
seized
the
jaguar
's
throat
with
one
powerful
hand
,
holding
it
as
in
a
vise
,
without
heeding
the
beast
's
claws
which
tore
his
flesh
,
and
with
the
other
he
plunged
his
knife
into
its
heart
.
The
jaguar
fell
.
The
stranger
kicked
away
the
body
,
and
was
about
to
fly
at
the
moment
when
the
settlers
arrived
on
the
field
of
battle
,
but
Herbert
,
clinging
to
him
,
cried
,
--
