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pigeons far away below us, while on the way 

 up I recognised once or twice the droppings 

 of black game ; but save for these I saw no 

 sign of bird life nor heard any note. 



The worst of this system of watching for 

 tiir at their drinking-place or ' lick ' is that 

 the sportsmen must keep out of sight and 

 quiet all day, for once let some wily old 

 veteran sight a man in the vicinity of his 

 haunts and not a tur will come near the 

 spring for a day or two. 



When the vioil of the mornino; was over, 

 we could only creep away back to our cave, 

 and there wile away the time as best we might 

 until four o'clock came round again. We had 

 now had two days' fasting on bread and water, 

 when towards noon we caug-ht sio-ht of ' the 

 duifer ' toiling up to our camp well laden with 

 chickens and a skin of wine. The reception 

 he met with was enthusiastic, and we all got 

 to work at once to prepare a feast. 



