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they make a short charge, and if unsuccessful, dart 

 away again. 



As I was in this way forced to show myself, the 

 wildebeeste soon spotted me. They stared for a 

 few moments at the strange and extraordinary 

 spectacle of a man flying along en a galloping 

 horse ; then, when they saw that I was rapidly gain- 

 ing on them, they evidently made up their minds 

 that I was bent on mischief, and with one accord 

 down went their heads and up went their tails and 

 off they started in their peculiar- gallop, cutting 

 antics all the time, with manes and tails streaming in 

 the wind. 



I raced after them as hard as ever I could, 

 urging Aladdin to his top speed, regardless of the 

 numerous ant-bear holes which studded the ground 

 hereabouts. The faster I went the faster the 

 wildebeeste went also, and I soon found that they 

 had no intention whatever of being driven the way 

 I wanted them to go. As a matter of fact, they 

 rapidly made off in quite a different direction, and 

 made good their escape in spite of all my en- 

 deavours to head them off. 



Now, my chase had taken me a considerable 

 distance away from my companions, and when I 

 looked round the caravan was nowhere to be seen, 

 and I found myself in the midst of some stunted 



