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clump of bush we came again in sight of the wounded 

 animal, when another shot rolled him down the hillside. 



When we examined him he proved much more 

 worthy of powder and shot than I had imagined, for 

 he carried a beautiful pair of upstanding horns, showing 

 twenty-one points, with both tops and bays well 

 developed. In fact, in some ways, I considered this to 

 be the best trophy either of us obtained, though all four 

 were excellent heads, quite above the class that is best 

 described as warrantable. 



It was, as can be imagined, with much rejoicing that 

 we bore him back to camp, where we arrived about 

 four o'clock, and two hours later we heard the powerful 

 voice of Mousqueton hailing us from the darkness 

 across the river. 



