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they make a short charge, and if unsuccessful, dart 

 away again. 



As I was in this way forced to show myself, the 

 wildebeeste soon spotted me. They stared for a 

 few moments at the strange and extraordinary 

 spectacle of a man flying along on a galloping 

 horse ; then, when they saw that I was rapidly gain- 

 ing on them, they evidently made up their minds 

 that I was bent on mischief, and with one accord 

 down went their heads and up went their tails and 

 off they started in their peculiar gallop, cutting 

 antics all the time, with manes and tails streaming 

 in the wind. 



I raced after them as hard as ever I could, 

 urging Aladdin to his top speed, regardless of the 

 numerous ant-bear holes which studded the cjround 

 hereabouts. The faster I went the faster the 

 wildebeeste went also, and I soon found that they 

 had no intention whatever of being driven the way 

 I wanted them to go. As a matter of fact, they 

 rapidly made off in quite a different direction, and 

 made good their escape in spite of all my en- 

 deavours to head them off. 



Now, my chase had taken me a considerable 

 distance away from my companions, and when I 

 looked round the caravan was nowhere to be seen, 

 and I found mvself in the midst of some stunted 



