below, in the steep rocky bluffs that 

 formed the face of the cliff. Every step 

 N was an agony of uncertainty as to how 

 far one would slide, and how much 

 loose shale one would dislodge to rattle 

 down over the cliff and startle the ante- 

 lope we hoped were there. To move 

 about on a squeaking floor without dis- 

 turbing a light sleeper is child's play 

 compared with our progress. A mis- 

 step would have sent us flying over the 

 cliff, but I did not think of that my 

 only care was not to startle the shy 

 fleet-footed creatures we were pursuing. 

 I hardly dared to breathe ; every muscle 

 and nerve was tense with the long sus- 

 pense. 



Suddenly I clutched Nimrod's arm 

 and pointed at an oblong tan coloured 

 bulk fifty yards above us on the moun- 

 tain. 



