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but just walked slowly away until they dis- 

 appeared from view behind a ridge of stony 

 ground. 



They had hardly done so when I saw the 

 horns of another caribou stag just showing 

 above a swell in the ground in the opposite 

 direction, and immediately my eyes caught 

 sight of them I knew they were the horns of a 

 big stag. The wind was perfectly right, 

 blowing at the moment straight in my face. 



I crept down into the hollow below me, and 

 then ran rapidlj'' towards the rising ground 

 behind which I knew the big stag must be. I 

 was within fifty yards of the foot of the rise, 

 when I again saw his horns appearing over the 

 top, and sat down to wait for him. But the 

 top of his head had only just come into view 

 when I felt an eddy of wind come fi'om behind 

 me. 



Round went the great horns and immediately 

 disappeared, and I knew that the stag had got 

 my wind and at once turned and fled. 



I ran forwards as hard as I could to the top 

 of the rise but could see nothing of the stag, 



