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A Hundred Miles in Ten Days

           

           ButHarrisremindedDickSandthattheblackswerealreadyfollowing,andhereassuredMrs.Weldon.

           Accordingtohim,thathissingcouldnotbeproducedbya"sucuru,"becausethatserpentdoesnothiss;butheindicatedthepresenceofseveralinoffensivequadrupeds,rathernumerousinthatcountry.

           "Bereassured,then,"saidhe,"andmakenomovementwhichmayfrightenthoseanimals."

           "Butwhatarethey?"askedDickSand,whomadeitlikealawofconsciencetointerrogateandmaketheAmericanspeakwho,however,neverrequiredpressingbeforereplying.

           "Theyareantelopes,myyoungfriend,"repliedHarris.

           "Oh!howIshouldliketoseethem!"criedJack.

           "Thatisverydifficult,mygoodlittleman,"repliedtheAmerican,"verydifficult."

           "Perhapswemaytrytoapproachthanthosehissingantelopes?"returnedDickSand.

           "Oh!youwillnottakethreesteps,"repliedtheAmerican,shakinghishead,"beforethewholebandwilltakeflight.Ibegofyou,then,nottotroubleyourself."

           ButDickSandhadhisreasonsforbeingcurious.Hewishedtosee,and,guninhand,heglidedamongtheherbs.Immediatelyadozengracefulgazelles,withsmall,sharphorns,passedwiththerapidityofawater-spout.Theirhair,brightred,lookedlikeacloudoffireunderthetallunderwoodoftheforest.

           "Ihadwarnedyou,"saidHarris,whenthenovicereturnedtotakehisplace.

           Thoseantelopesweresolightoffoot,thatithadbeentrulyimpossibletodistinguishthem;butitwasnotsowithanothertroopofanimalswhichwassignaledthesameday.

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