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At last I stopped at a point of land where I thought 

 we might settle down for the night, but my team were of quite 

 another opinion; they pulled and strained so to go on that I could 

 hardly check them. I gave way to them, and off they set again. 

 Just as we were turning round the point I caught sight of two 

 animals up on land, on the other side of a bay. We crossed the 

 bay at a smart trot, and when we neared the shore the dogs 

 insisted on going up on land. They tore across the crack before I 



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knew what they were about, and could not be stopped until they 

 had gone a good way up the hillside. I then let go the traces, 

 and away they all went like the wind. 



I waited for my companions, told them to camp while I went 

 after the dogs, and then took my rifle and went off. Quite 

 right : as soon as I reached the top of the ridge I saw the dogs 

 a little way off on the plain. They had plenty to do there it 

 appeared, for they were holding two squares, three dogs to each ! 



I walked towards the nearest herd, and saw that it consisted 

 chiefly of cows; as far as I could see there was only one bull 



