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il (lid iiul nwd Iniijaiiu'ii's inullrrffl "' Sffcrr' to tfll nii' 

 the gnnu' was up. OW they went, and i had ju.si liiuc lo 

 thiiilv' ipfniii' caiiiit lardci'. h)iiLi' wil hunt aiivtliiTi'.;' inorc siil)- 

 staiilial iliaii chii-kciis and eu'U's, and lo tire at the sleekest 

 • 'f the disa])})earii)g" trio. Leaving the dead hind, 1 ran 

 (HI («• sec it" I could make out I he stau', l»ul oiil\' heard I lie 

 distant ehitterino- of the stones on the sh)i)e al)ove me. 



LoiiL!, liclofe we reaelied faiuihar uiDund. ni^ht fi'll and 

 with it a dicnching thnn(K'r shower. W hat a jouiii(_')' 

 we had I Benjamen, who had l>een hinu" with seiatica 

 all daw was now conipletelx' overcome For several 

 hours we struugl('(l and slundih'(l llirouuli wet lanL^h'd 

 undergrowth, tumhling into water-courses, ehinliing in and 

 out of ravines in pilch darkness. In spite of my coni- 

 jianious liglitdu'aih'd t\\claniation> t hat we were |(i>t and 

 tliat he would ncNcr see his home again, 1 felt sure 

 of the direction of the (.-amp, and allcrnatel}' pulling and 

 ahirsiug him and sometimes coaxing him, wc at length 

 reached a ridu"e whence we saw the welcome liuhi 'd' the 

 camp tire. Benjamen did not throw otV tlu^ effects of this 

 daw and we had to inwihil llie poor iMlow home. 



"To complete uw tale of misfortunes 1 niu>t men- 

 tion one other occasion when Achmet led me in iliickest 

 forest alino>t loo cle\erl\' up to a stai;'. lor he hrou-lit 

 me within twelve yards of a, great pair of antlers which 

 Were sticking up ovei- the edge of a tliickK"- W(^oded 

 ridge as if planted tliere. The annual aj)[)eai'e(l to he 

 listening", ever\ indi of him save his horns covered bv 

 the risinix uTonnd. \\ C waited till the lasi iioint drew 

 slowly out of sight, and iImh 1 laii to the ridge, hut all was 

 still. The animal, pinliahly with an inkling of danger, 



