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a different expression to what it had b'efore ; his eyes 

 seemed larger, his body more supple, his powers of 

 motion other than in everyday life the whole crea- 

 ture was changed. " Now then," he said, " come 

 along, quick und schon stad!" (quickly and nicely 

 quiet). We moved on, but a breath of air stirred, 

 and they must have got wind of us, for they began 

 to move towards the wood, and soon disappeared 

 within it. There was now nothing to be done but to 

 go round and get above them, for it was late, and the 

 current of air had alreafly set in from below. Just 

 as we had reached the top I heard a slight rustle, 

 and stopped to listen ; when in an instant there was 

 a rushing down the steep and over the broken ground 

 as of an animal in full flight. By the step I was 

 sure it was deer (hinds), and said so to Berger. " They 

 were not chamois they made too much noise ; nor 

 was it the rush of a stag. It must have been a hind." 



" You are right," he cried ; " there they go ! I see 

 them down below two hinds they heard us moving 

 along above them." 



"Do you think they will take the chamois along 

 with them?" 



" No, I think not. We shall most likely meet 

 them farther on; if not, we will sit and watch for 

 them." 



Tin's is one of the great difficulties of stalking in 

 the mountains, to do so almost unheard. Fragments 

 of stone are lying about, latschen with their long 

 trailing branches and dense foliage, or steep beds of 



