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at hunting them and was as shrewd as they. 

 He used to track them and when they would circle 

 to lie down for die night lie knew about where to look 

 for them and often would' get them in their lair. For 

 example, they circle to the right and come around 

 about three-quarters the way to where they passed 

 and 'then they He so that they can hear anything that 

 might be following them or might follow the tracks, 

 but he was so skilful in stealthily following them and 

 had followed so many that when he found they were 

 zigzagging and then circling 'he would stealthily cross 

 diagonally the circle and more 'than one he found 

 lying asleep and before they could escape or even get 

 awake, he had put a shot or two into them. 



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"You see, he knew by following so many about 

 the custom they had and' could judge their course. 

 Of course, they sometimes turn to the left, too. When 

 they circled to get back close to their first tracks, 



