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no easy matter. They were some two or three thou- 

 sand yards from where we stood, and between us and 

 them was a very deep and precipitous ravine; not 

 rugged however, but covered with a few trees and a 

 scanty herbage. 



" We must go back again," said he, " get down the 

 gully, and up the other side over the lahne. It is 

 troublesome work, but there is no other way of get- 

 ting at them. We must then stalk through the trees, 

 and get as near them as possible." So looking well 

 at the place where they stood and at the surrounding 

 objects, we went down the gully, along some pro- 

 jecting rocks, and up the other side. Solacher con- 

 stantly kept one point in his eye, in order not to lose 

 the direction of the spot we were making for. At last 

 he stopped to look about him, and to determine with 

 exactitude where the game might be. Our plan was, 

 to get round and above it ; we had therefore to be 

 cautious not to describe too small a circle in our 

 approach. Max now advanced stealthily, while I re- 

 mained behind ; and " craning " over a bit of rock he 

 espied them to the left. 



"There they are!" he whispered; "they have 

 winded us and are moving. Quick ! A little more 

 forward, don't you see them? There, by the stump 

 of a tree!" 



I only saw one, and that was more than half 

 hidden by the stems ; but as there was no time to 

 lose I fired. 



" He 's down!" cried Solacher ; and we ran forward 



