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space farther down ; but I remained where I was with 

 the old Turk, sitting quite still, and hoping that they 

 might climb up the bed of the ravine and make for 

 the rocks above us. This is exactly what they did ; 

 for presently, just as I had moved my eyes from 

 the hillside above me, and was again searching the 

 wooded ravine below, my companion touched me and 

 pointed silently upwards, and following his eyes I saw 

 a sight which will long live in my memory. The 

 three old billies were standing on a ledge which ran 

 across the face of the bare cliff; they did not seem 

 much alarmed, and were moving very leisurely along 

 the ledge. My impression is that when they first 

 moved and sprang down the rock, they had neither 

 seen nor winded us, but had only heard the Doctor 

 move a few small stones as he stood up. They had 

 then probably made their way amongst the bushes to 

 the bottom of the ravine and stood listening, and, on 

 hearing the Doctor pelting along the top of the ridge, 

 had turned back. After creeping cautiously up the 

 scrubby hollow and hearing nothing more, imagining 

 that the danger was past, they had climbed on to the 

 bare rock to take a look round. They were, I think, 

 about two hundred and fifty yards off, but being 

 much lighter in colour than the rock which formed a 

 background to them, they showed up well, and offered 

 a very good mark. 



Now for my first shot at game with the little .303 

 rifle. I had carefully sighted it for one hundred 



