Note 15 — CONTENTS (continued 7)
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Uma greeted them but they did not respond, and as Uma turned to go, a man grasped him on the back. Uma faced about and threw the end of a rope15 (about three feet long), which encircled and held fast one of the men. Another man with an iron spade16 leaped forward to stab him. But Uma got hold of the first man he had caught, by the hair, and held him as a shield. This man was hit by the spade of the other man and killed. Another man leaped up to stab Uma with the iron spade but Uma dodged and caught him on the throat; that was his last moment. Three were killed and one ran away, thus escaping from Uma.