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Goino- foiwnnl to ;i point al)Oiit two-thirds ot" the 

 loiio-tli (if llic I'idi'i' We cliiiilicd up It, ;ind posted ouf- 

 selves on lilt' roekv crest, while our men drove it nlonir. 

 A small lirrd of the common gazelle were seen to lake to 

 tlie plain, liiit iiothinn- came to the guns. Climbing a liigli 

 point winch c.inimaiidcd tlic i-emninder (^f tlie ridge, we sat 

 down tor a careful s])y, and I'elestin presently made out 

 four gaztdles. which were assumed to he tlie common kind. 

 on a ston\' plateau far below us. An Arab woman was 

 gathering brushwood for fuel in llie same fudd oJ" the 

 telescope, and thougli really at a somewliat lower level of 

 the mountain, it added a further spiee of excitement lest 

 they should get lier wind. This was another instance of 

 tlie wav in whi(di these wild animals fi'e(|uent the immediate 

 neighbourhood of man, confident in their inxisibility and 

 the acuteness of their senses. 



My companions, as they always did, wished me to take 

 the (diance. They stay^'d at the lop. and there are few 

 more interesting things than to walcdi tlu^ approach from 

 a station which commands both the stalker and the 

 stalketl. 



Before stai'tiu"- we arrano-ed a code of siii'nnls b\- which 

 the watcliers could indicalc the dii'cction of ilic animals if 

 thev should move during the progress of tlie sialk — a 

 common practice with (diamois hunlers, but one in in\' 

 experience often lending to mistnkes. 



We disappeared from their \iew. ami. after ihr la)i>e of 

 half an lioiir, were seen emeruiuL! from the oullv, some 

 hundivds of feet below, and ap])ai-ciit K- close to tlie 

 '•"azelles. Our o:aller\' of anxious watchers saw that we 

 approaclied the np])ointed spot. We seeme(l ti» ilem to 



