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I was hunting one of thefe animals, when, 
from the nature of the place, it found itfelf fo 
prefled by my dogs, as to be on the point of 
being run down and taken. There were ap- 
parently no means of efcape; fmce before 
it was a vaft perpendicular rock, by which its 
Gourfe was necefiarily ftopped. In this wall, 
however, which appeared to me perfedly 
fmooth, was a little ridge, projeding at moft 
not above two inches, which the kainfi quickly 
perceived, and, leaping upon it, to my great 
aftoniihment kept itfelf firm. I imagined, 
that at any rate it muft foon tumble down ; 
and my dogs too fo fully expeded it, that they 
ran to the bottom of the rock, to be ready to 
catch it when it fell. To haften its fall, I en- 
deavoured to harrafs it, and make it lofe its 
equilibrium ; and for this purpofe I pelted it 
with ftones. All at once, as if guefEng my 
defign, it colleded its whole ftrength, bounded 
over my head, and, faUing a few paces from 
me, darted away with the utmofl: fpeed. Not* 
withftanding the rapidity of its flight, it would 
have been eafy for me to have Ihot it ; but its 
leap had fo furprifed and amufed me, that I 
gave it its life. Its ftratagem fucceeded only 
with 
