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below. On the south side of the slide rose a ridge very 

 similar to the one on which we stood. 



" From the signals Huddleston made at that time, 

 we knew that the goat was below us. ' Thar he is, now! ' 

 exclaimed Mack, pointing down our ridge, and looking 

 as he pointed I saw the animal about one hundred and 

 fifty yards below us on a point of rock overhanging the 

 slide. He was staring down toward our camp, as if he 

 saw Huddleston and his signals, but I doubt if he did 

 see our cook, for without glasses the distance was too 

 great. 



" Up to that moment, our dog Kaiser had been obe- 

 diently following at our heels. Then we showed him the 

 goat, and explained to him what we desired. He seemed 

 to quite understand what we wished him to do. Leaving 

 us at once, he silently worked his way down over the 

 rocks, and in three or four minutes jumped the goat. 

 And then pandemonium broke loose. Kaiser barked ex- 

 citedly, Mack rolled stones, and I yelled. 



" The goat was very much surprised by all this noise, 

 and the sudden assault of the dog. Seeing that his retreat 

 to the upper sanctuary of the cliffs was effectually cut 

 off, he bounded like a great ball of cotton down the 

 almost perpendicular wall of the cliff, into the slide-way 

 two hundred feet below. To get down safely after his 

 game, Kaiser had to hunt for stairs, and before he reached 

 the bottom the goat was well across the slide. 



" In the meantime I had scrambled down the rocks 

 into the head of the slide, and found that although it 

 pitched at a frightful angle, I could get footing close 



