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and to see how near we really could approach 

 them. Rarely did we get so near that the whole 

 outline of the animal could be seen, but once or 

 twice one allowed us to walk within ten feet of 

 it. There it posed like a miniature kangaroo, 

 raising and dropping its head in a nervous, 

 jerky manner as though puzzled by the glare. 

 The dazzling light, of course, prevented the crea- 

 tures from seeing us behind the lamp, and, as we 

 made no more noise than possible, it was prob- 

 ably just as difficult for them to tell how far 

 away we were as it was for us to gauge their 

 distance from us. 



It was a strange fact, that while the person 

 who held the lamp could easily see the eyes of 

 an animal when the light shone directly into 

 them, a companion standing by his side or look- 

 ing over his shoulder was usually unable to 

 distinguish a thing. Finally, however, our eyes 

 became so keen that when we missed a shot, we 

 could often see the faint side-light glimmer from 

 the eyes as the animal dashed away. 



This "jacking" was extremely interesting 

 from one point of view. We found that at night 

 the diurnal life had been replaced by an entirely 

 different fauna. For instance, during the day 



