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sparkled and the long hair around their necks bristled; 

 they made short runs at and around the position, they 

 pushed each other, and howled in every cadence of their 

 infernal voices ; also some individuals showed the rest how 

 the thing ought to be done. A rush would have been at 

 once fatal, but it was not made. Nevertheless, they grew 

 bolder, and when relief arrived, had for the most part 

 gathered around in the open. What would have happened 

 when night came, or whether anything, the writer does not 

 pretend to say. 



