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poked forward. But what's the matter? They 

 are bounding away they are off! What on 

 earth has put them away ? A glint from the 

 rifle ? a puff of wind ? It is possible, though 

 like all antelope these gazelle are not very keen- 

 scented animals. They are gone now and no 

 mistake. Ibrahim has halted and is looking 

 with his glasses, but apparently has yet hopes, 

 for he presently moves off again. We shall have 

 a long wait now, so take the opportunity of 

 crawling to a tuft a little farther on, whence we 

 shall get a better view of the country. You can- 

 not of course move far, for your assistant cannot 

 see you and will try to bring the gazelle past the 

 original spot. Indeed, on a wide plain, with no 

 clear landmarks, the recognition of the exact place 

 where the rifle lies hid is in itself sufficiently 

 difficult. Ibrahim, after going miles, and even 

 after taking the gazelle round a whole circle, 

 rarely made a mistake, and the fact speaks of a 

 wonderful bump of locality. 



Well, the good lad has got on terms with his 

 ahu again, and with inexhaustible and admirable 

 patience brings them along till we can distinguish 

 the buck's horns with the naked eye. Now is 

 the time you can hear your heart beating, and 

 the symptoms, even with the old and hardened, 

 may develop into an attack of buck fever. Your 



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