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the creatures on sighting a hunter turned the right 

 ear towards the apparition ? 



AH's idea of tracking, therefore, was to locate the 

 deaf side of the quarry, by which time even the most 

 unsuspicious ollen had enough sense to take itself off. 

 When the old man sighted the deer he " pointed " as a 

 good dog would do, stiffly. 



It was really very difficult not to laugh, so uniquely 

 quaint was the whole performance. I find, as one 

 gets older, that a beneficent Providence provides us 

 with the faculty of being cynically amused at the want 

 of knowledge in others. Have you noticed it too ? 



Accepting the deaf theory, we asked how it was that 

 the deer of the Kouban district were so grievously 

 afflicted, when those around Borjom, say, could hear 

 quite well. Our servant just shrugged his shoulders, 

 and replied that Allah alone knew. As there was no 

 means of getting at the Prophet's explanation of this 

 amazing phenomenon, I cannot let you into the secret 

 of the all-enveloping mystery. Cecily's and my ex- 

 perience of hunting ollen was that all the tribe had an 

 undue amount of the sense of hearing. They possessed 

 ears even in the back of the head. 



Cecily bagged a wild cat, a huge sandy-brown tabby, 

 twice as big as our domestic fireside sphinx, with a 

 short tail and the softest of soft fur. A beautiful 

 creature. The soles of the hind feet were shell pink, 

 and the fore almost black. Pussy was hunting in the 

 reed beds when her slayer appeared intent on duck. 

 Meouw ! 



I thought the beast very similar to the chaus or 



