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A Sight which I shall Never Forget

           Theywentinsinglefile,withbentlegsandroundedbacks,theirhandsoccasionallytouchingtheground,theirheadsturningtoleftandrightastheytrottedalong.Theircrouchinggaittookawayfromtheirheight,butIshouldputthematfivefeetorso,withlongarmsandenormouschests.Manyofthemcarriedsticks,andatthedistancetheylookedlikealineofveryhairyanddeformedhumanbeings.ForamomentIcaughtthisclearglimpseofthem.Thentheywerelostamongthebushes.

           "Notthistime,"saidLordJohn,whohadcaughtuphisrifle."Ourbestchanceistoliequietuntiltheyhavegivenupthesearch.Thenweshallseewhetherwecan’tgetbacktotheirtownandhit’emwhereithurtsmost.Give’emanhourandwe’llmarch."

           Wefilledinthetimebyopeningoneofourfoodtinsandmakingsureofourbreakfast.LordRoxtonhadhadnothingbutsomefruitsincethemorningbeforeandatelikeastarvingman.Then,atlast,ourpocketsbulgingwithcartridgesandarifleineachhand,westartedoffuponourmissionofrescue.Beforeleavingitwecarefullymarkedourlittlehiding-placeamongthebrush-woodanditsbearingtoFortChallenger,thatwemightfinditagainifweneededit.Weslunkthroughthebushesinsilenceuntilwecametotheveryedgeofthecliff,closetotheoldcamp.Therewehalted,andLordJohngavemesomeideaofhisplans.

           "Solongasweareamongthethicktreestheseswineareourmasters,"saidhe."Theycanseeusandwecannotseethem.

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