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hear him stop to listen, which shewed me 

 that he did not exactly know my where- 

 abouts. At this moment I sneezed most 

 likely in crawling under the bushes some 

 insect got up my nose at any rate 

 I was unlucky enough to sneeze, and the 

 moment I had done so I heard the bushes 

 in violent agitation, for he now knew in 

 what direction to find me : twice he 

 essayed to come to me but was obliged to 

 try back again, and I, acting on his plan, 

 retraced my steps and crawled back, so 

 that when he occupied my old resting 

 place I was in his, much to his disgust. I 

 then sped away to where I had left my 

 gun, picked it up and began to load with 

 all possible haste. The cunning brute 

 heard me ramming down the bullet and 

 was on me as soon as I could prime. 1 



got into the old spot and put the barrel 



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