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Solomon’s Road

           Presently,however,thehigherlayersofmistclearedalittle,andrevealed,attheendofalongslopeofsnow,apatchofgreengrass, somefivehundredyardsbeneathus,throughwhichastreamwasrunning. Norwasthisall. Bythestream,baskinginthebrightsun,stoodandlayagroupoffromtentofifteenlargeantelopes atthatdistancewecouldnotseeofwhatspecies. 

           Thesightfilleduswithanunreasoningjoy. Ifonlywecouldgetit,therewasfoodinplenty. Butthequestionwashowtodoso. Thebeastswerefullysixhundredyardsoff,averylongshot,andonenottobedependedonwhenourliveshungontheresults. 

           Rapidlywediscussedtheadvisabilityoftryingtostalkthegame,butintheenddismisseditreluctantly. Tobeginwith,thewindwasnotfavourable,andfurther,wemustcertainlybeperceived,howevercarefulwewere,againsttheblindingbackgroundofsnow,whichweshouldbeobligedtotraverse. 

           "Well,wemusthaveatryfromwhereweare,"saidSirHenry."Whichshallitbe,Quatermain,therepeatingriflesortheexpresses?" 

           Hereagainwasaquestion. TheWinchesterrepeatersofwhichwehadtwo,UmbopacarryingpoorVentvögel’saswellashisownweresighteduptoathousandyards,whereastheexpresseswereonlysightedtothreehundredandfifty,beyondwhichdistanceshootingwiththemwasmoreorlessguess-work. Ontheotherhand,iftheydidhit,theexpressbullets,being"expanding,"weremuchmorelikelytobringthegamedown. 

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