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round him, Donald inclines a little to his right and 

 reaches a very slight undulation, in which we are 

 rather better concealed, and with a gentle forward 

 beckon of his finger summons me to his side, and 

 — oh, moment of anxious delight ! — hands me the 

 rifle, for which I clear away a sort of embrasure 

 out of the coarse grass and moss before me, and 

 with eyes intently fixed on the tips of the horns 

 which are less than lOO yards away from me, I 

 await my chance. " Tak time when they rise, sir," 

 whispers Donald, with his mouth close to my ear ; 

 ** don't fire till I show him." I nod assent and 

 then we wait, and wait ; often do we gently and 

 imperceptibly shift the pressure of our bodies from 

 one side to the other to gain relief from the crampy 

 sensation which a long continuance in the attitude 

 of prone recumbency is apt to create, and we are 

 just beginning to wonder whether Archie has made 

 a mistake, when at last the long-expected move 

 occurs ; head after head, broadside after broadside 

 stand revealed. They are all looking down the 



