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ENDERIT KIVER AND LAI^E .NAIvURU. §1 



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Their united gaze is con- 



in a moment goes every head ; but never a glance is 

 vouchsafed at the immediate disturber of their peace, 

 nor in his ultimate direction. "" ' '' "■ 

 centrated towards the point 

 whence he had come, and 

 precisely where there now 

 lies a mind-tormented hun- 

 ter. Again, in advancing on 

 one group of game, the 

 stalker may elect to take 

 what ap23ears a safe risk by 

 exposing himself — maybe but 

 for a few yards — to the view 

 of other game far more dis- 

 tant, possibly half - a - mile 

 away. But should these 

 latter detect his movement, 

 they will at once — by stand- 

 ing at gaze — signal to all 

 within view the presence of 

 dano-er. The nearer o;ame 

 — the objects of pursuit — ■ 



though absolutely out of sight of the stalker lying 

 prone in the grass, at once cease grazing or resting, 

 and assume the alert. Their gaze is directed — not to- 

 w^ards an invisible foe, but tow^ards the watching sentinels 

 beyond, which had given the alarm, and on whose acute 

 senses they are content to rely for their own protection. 

 Should, however, that distant group, relying partly on 

 their own remoteness, but more largely on the fact that 

 since that one alarming glimpse they have seen nothing 

 more — for during the subsequent half-hour the detected 

 stalker has lain motionless, careless alike of biting ants, 

 spiky thorns and sunstroke — should they either recom- 

 mence feeding or begin slowly to move away, then the 

 nearer game will also forget their fears and the stalk is 

 resumed. 



Following are notes copied from diary — 



August 1. — Far away on the verge of distant bush, 



GREY LOL'RY. 



