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was too old a campaigner to despise the warnings. 

 He advanced a few paces and struck his forefoot 

 in anger into the turf. Suddenly he turned to 

 stone. Then a short, sharp, deep bark, and the 

 herd turned as one and melted into the forest, 

 with a patter as of a storm wind blowing through 

 thick, dead leaves. 



It is a pretty sight to watch this sudden alarm 

 of a herd. They are all, save for a restless spirit or 



A number of pairs of bat-like ears. 



two, silently feeding like a herd of grazing cows 

 in a home paddock in Old England, or like the 

 deer in Richmond or Windsor Park, which any 

 Londoner will have seen. Suddenly up and round 

 come all the heads. A few will close up and front 

 forward, and you see over the top of the grass 

 a number of pairs of large, bat-like ears, all flung 

 forward so as to expose the light-coloured inner 

 portion. A long, much-elongated, lean neck 

 will be seen below the higher pairs of ears, a pair 

 of eyes between the ears, and a soft muzzle. 



Watch ! Not a movement is to be seen, not a 

 flicker of an eyelid nor twitch of an ear. The herd 



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