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heavier than the first mule deer I had killed. He 

 carried, too, a finer pair of horns, though they were 

 still only of moderate size. Still, such as it was, I 

 was very pleased to add his head to my collection of 

 hunting trophies. As I did not wish to have any of 

 the prime fat meat wasted, I sent Jinks back to camp 

 for a pack horse, telling him that I would clean the 

 buck and hang all the inside fat on a tree, and then 

 go on hunting by myself. In South Africa one 

 packs an antelope the size of a mule deer on a horse 

 whole, either on or behind the saddle, and it takes 

 a strong man to get an animal of that size into posi- 

 tion without assistance; but in America it is usual 

 to cut such an animal in two and carry the halves, 

 one on each side of a pack saddle, and this I knew 

 Jinks would have no difficulty in doing alone, so 

 when I had cleaned the deer I did not consider it 

 necessary to wait for his return. 



After climbing to the top of the ravine I walked 

 along its edge, keeping, however, within the timber 

 which skirted it, and only coming out of it at those 

 points from which I could get a good view. Pres- 

 ently I came to a boulder of rock, which, jutting 

 out from the edge of the timber, commanded an ex- 

 cellent view not only of that part of the ravine which 

 lay beyond it, but also of the mountain-side above. 

 I had been sitting on this boulder for some few 

 minutes when on slightly turning my head I sud- 

 denly saw something that at once arrested my atten- 



