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the reni;iik ilial. fur lliis ivason, ii wus useless to proceed, 

 wlifii Uelestiii. who was in front, (luckc<l lii> head. I 

 scrambled turward in time to see two «>l' llif animals 

 dasllill^■ awa\\ now lidnnil Iul;' rucks, and then a^ain 

 a[)iiearing lor an inslanl. The >kol was a snaii[)y one 

 and as I expected, the kullct tinklcil on a rock. 



Aniitlicr cartridge was i-amnietl in anil I waited during 

 that absorbing moment of e\[iectcition, when yon can hear 

 the bounce of the hoofs and the rolling stones. Presently 

 the biggest stood upon tlie ridge beyonik his outline cut 

 ont sliaruK- ai^ainst the skv. 1 was ready for him and 

 telt sure of him as I i)ulhMl tlie triL;!>er, but at that monieiit 

 a little \earliiiu' fellow dashed in front of Jiini and mjt ihc 

 bullet. It was unfortunate. Init he had uixcn nu^ a v(>rv 

 pretty stalk at the cost of a four hours' digression. We tJien 

 tramped on to the Breclie which we reached at nud-day. 



This remarkable cleft has been often described. The 

 tlanking dills are (piite sheer, and it is so sipiare cut that 

 it looks as if it had been sawn out. ()wing to the 

 narrowness of the range, one has tlie sensation there of 

 dominating the world, more than on any otlu-r spot 

 which I kiH)W. It is a favonrite camping p]ac(^ foi" 

 hunters, but is loo hiti'li except dniino- the most settled 

 weather in the sumniei-. A >inall cav<' has been hewn out 

 of the per[»endicular face of the rock and is closed by 

 an iron door, but it is too dark and damp for m\' taste, 

 and I prefer the slielving hollow under an overhanging 

 rock on the Spanish side. One's couch there, is, to say the 

 least, a knubbly one, and the situation is perhaps as airy 

 as nnv in Euro]io : but with a little contiaving one can 

 make oneself at home there. ;ind the view tioni the parloui- 



