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edly, refused to make way. There was just light 

 sufficient (o admit of my discharging both barrels 

 of my rifle into his unwieldy sides. Sneezing vio- 

 lently, and wheezing, he ran off in the direction 

 we were taking, and presently subsided in the path. 

 We approached him with caution, but he was dead. 

 At the same moment a discharge of musketry, and 

 a bright beacon fire bursting forth, directed our be- 

 nighted steps to the encampment. It was at the 

 termination of the forest, and not more than two 

 hours' journey from the residence of the king. 



