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curiosity so that, as he draws slowly away, the 

 herds will follow him. The nearer animals 

 draw, back with misgiving, but those in the 

 rear press on to get a view until, as the wolf- 

 man gathers speed, the moving herd runs hard. 

 It is then that they find themselves running 

 between converging lines of stone piles, and 

 women jump up from behind these cairns 

 waving their robes and yelling. The herd 

 stampedes to the edges of a sheer cliff, too late 

 to check their pace after the leaders have seen 

 the peril ahead. The rush of the herd drives 

 onward into space, and hundreds, even thou- 

 sands of great beasts fall headlong to lie dead 

 or mangled in heaps on the rocks below. So 

 the tribe assembles for great feasting, and 

 heavy labour. 



The hides were needed for clothing, shields, 

 tents, and rope ; the brains for dressing skins ; 

 the sinews and guts for bow-strings, lashings 

 and thread ; the hoofs and horns for weapon 

 points, hafts, handles, spoons, cups, window 

 lights, and glue, which mixed with oil made a 

 dressing for leather ; the gall for cleansing ; 

 the hair for felting or weaving ; the fat for 

 lamp oil and candles. The meat in large 

 flakes was sun-dried for storage. The dried 

 meat, pounded, mixed with berries and filled 



