IX. 



A JACK RABBIT DANCE AND THE 

 FANTAIL GHOST 



UNNING through the 

 whole of our trip, as 

 silver in a brocade, were 

 allusions to the 4 'f antail' ' 

 a small deer of quite 

 distinct species. Nim- 

 rod, the scientist, pricked up his ears 

 at each hint. 



"It has not been conclusively 

 proven that the "fantail" exists. 

 Hunters' stories affirm it. An isolated 

 bone or two, but never a complete 

 skeleton, has been produced. The 

 fragments I have seen might have 



