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in the direction of a large low bush about thirty yards 

 from the place of our concealment, at the same time 

 making a sign with his hand for me to wait. We 

 remained for some minutes in the utmost silence, all 

 of us keeping a look-out through the loopholes, but 

 nothing was to be seen. 



"Kuch na hy" (there is nothing), at length whis- 

 pered Chineah, who was rather jealous of Googooloo's 

 having drawn attention to a sound which his quick 



ear had not caught up, and B again laid down, 



fancying it was a false alarm. I, however, remained 

 on the alert, having the same confidence in the Ya- 

 nadi's warning as a huntsman would have when his 

 best hound gave tongue or a sportsman when his 

 favourite dog made a dead point. I had often pre- 

 viously trusted to his natural instinct and quickness 

 of hearing and scarcely ever found him wrong, so 

 I kept my eye upon him, prepared to act. Although 

 he maintained a dignified silence, I could see by the 

 contemptuous curl of his lip that he was evidently 



disgusted with Chineah's remark and vexed at B ? s 



mistrust ; but when he saw, as his eye caught mine, 

 that I believed in him, he gave his accustomed grunt 

 of satisfaction and continued to peer into the dark 

 tangled forest before us. 



A few minutes passed, when he again turned his 

 head on one side, as if to drink in some fancied 

 sound, and I noticed a grim smile of satisfaction 



