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what this could mean, I stood still, and presently saw one of 

 those lovely little dik-dik antelopes galloping towards me for 

 dear life closely pursued by a large buzzard. In a moment the 

 poor little thing, no bigger than a large hare, had reached me, 

 uttering unceasingly the most piercing cries of anguish, when to 

 my astonishment it cowered down within a yard of my feet. 

 The bird, too intent upon the chase to notice me, was about to 

 pounce down upon his victim, when at last suddenly he dis- 

 covered me, and, startled, sharply wheeled and disappeared. The 

 little dik-dik, evidently in the last extremity of terror, quickly 

 followed his example, but in the opposite direction, and was 

 soon out of sight among the nearest bushes, the only gainer by 

 the rencontre, for he had saved his life, while the bird had lost 

 his dinner, and I the coveted koodoo horns. 



