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queerest of gestures, and kept up a strange, grunting noise, quite differ- 
ent from the sounds made by other cattle. After a time one would 
bound off again, and at once the other scampered off in the opposite direc- 
tion — never once even by accident did they go the same way round that 
paddock. There would again be a ceremonial meeting and scraping of 
heads in the middle of the yard, and then the former capers would follow 
once more. This programme was kept up until, utterly exhausted, they 
“I’ve got you and you’ve got me.” 
would stand looking at each other with a world of meaning in their eyes. 
Both were quite beaten, but it did not become one to admit it before the 
other did so. At last the strain became too great, and one panting 
animal would go down with a flop that shook the surrounding earth, 
just as their great bounding always did, and almost before that one was 
fairly down the other would be alongside. There the two would lie, 
puffing and panting like a pair of furnace bellows. It was not necessary 
to see them at this to know they were going through it. The very earth 
