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sTI\<; CAMPS. 



far ;: ied ; but before I began 



ny tin i e the task of keeping 



;ame that I had shot in the open cout 



and I found that t 



had n 

 altogethei 



over th< 



On the other hand, a gu- 

 shot at different tii 

 eaten by both pun; 

 attracted the notice o r 



1 



in this was quite impos- 

 le dead animal. To tie 

 er and float above the 

 disregarded 

 ush of the 



hull, which I 



i >artially 

 have 







I 1 dly reached 



r circling once, 



beside > bird had not begun to 



when ined by two more, and in six 



ites by my watch no less than thirty-t the 



carrion-eaters had arrived on the They 



made little noise as they pecked and toi 



from my hiding-pi y, I 



certainly was not in\ i towards 



, they, or some o1 kind of 



.snuffling groan ; 1 cannoi stely 



than i[i the is. Al' vhen 



