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the drop ; the opposite side, however (probably 2000 feet high), 

 lay spread out as it were a perpendicular map. From leagues 

 away beyond its apex the beaters were now approaching. From 

 early in the day great fleecy cloud-masses had rolled by, and these 



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PICKING HIS WAY UP A ROCK STAIRCASE 



(A 40-inch head.) 



gradually grew^ denser till the whole sierra was enveloped in 

 viewless fog. Hark ! some animal is escalading my fortress ; one 

 cannot see fifteen yards — tantalizing indeed. Yet so w^ell has the 

 puesto been chosen that presently the intruder gallops almost over 

 my toes — a yearling pig or lechon, not worth a bullet. 



