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but upon approaching it, we perceived Ossaroo 

 stop and signal to us that he had found. 

 Particularly anxious not to fail in this our first 

 chance, we took great pains to avoid being 

 seen, Campbell remained where he was, in 

 case we should drive them in that direction ; 

 Wilson and myself tried the stalk, making a 

 circuit of four or five miles. We had just 

 reached the spot from whence we felt sure 

 of obtaining a good shot, when we saw the 

 whole flock moving quietly off below us, the 

 rear brought up by a fine old male. It was 

 a very long shot, but I fired four barrels at 

 him, hitting him with the last. He came 

 back and lay down, but discovering us, rose 

 up, and went off out of sight. We had a 

 long hunt after him for some time in vain, 

 and I came to the conclusion that he must be 

 in a large ravine, which we had not as yet, 

 thoroughly examined. Ossaroo was sent to 

 the bottom to work his way upwards, Wilson 

 mounted as high as was practicable, and I 

 went across the rocks. I had just passed a 

 very difficult and rather dangerous place. 



