HADJ ANO 



a brace and a half of starlings, half a 

 couple of snipe, and the same number 

 of greenfinches. 



Then we saddled up and recrossed 

 the river, this time without accident. 

 Then when I proposed trying another 

 Httle bog I knew of, the Frenchmen 

 would not hear of it — for one thing 

 they were evidently quite beat with 

 their exercise up to date, and for 

 another they argued that dejeuner 

 would now be awaiting us at the 

 farm. So I determined to try the 

 bog by myself, in reality much 

 relieved at their determination. 



I had not turned from them many 

 minutes ere I noticed a small Arab 

 evidently trying to overtake me. I 

 waited for him, expecting he might 

 have marked down some game near 

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