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AOOMMMOZM ST, ZHBOL > 
below, in the steep rocky bluffs that 
formed the face of the cliff. Every step 
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. 
