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A Sudden Descent

           "Andifyouwereaskedtolieinwaitforallama,notwithstandingthecoldandthedarkness,youwoulddoitwithouttheleasthesitation?"

           "Ofcourse;andifitwillgiveyoutheslightestpleasure"

           Hiscompanionshadhardlytimetothankhimforhisobliginggoodnature,whendistantandprolongedhowlsbrokeontheirear,plainlynotproceedingfromoneortwosolitaryanimals,butfromawholetroop,andone,moreover,thatwasrapidlyapproaching.

           Providencehadsentthemasupper,aswellasledthemtoahut.Thiswasthegeographer’sconclusion;butGlenarvandampedhisjoysomewhatbyremarkingthatthequadrupedsoftheCordillerasarenevermetwithinsuchahighlatitude.

           "Thenwherecantheseanimalscomefrom?"askedTomAustin."Don’tyouhearthemgettingnearer!"

           "Anavalanche,"suggestedMulrady.

           "Impossible,"returnedPaganel."Thatisregularhowling."

           "Letusgooutandsee,"saidGlenarvan.

           "Yes,andbereadyforhunting,"repliedMcNabbs,arminghimselfwithhiscarbine.

           TheyallrushedforthwithoutoftheCASUCHA.Nighthadcompletelysetin,darkandstarry.Themoon,nowinherlastquarter,hadnotyetrisen.Thepeaksonthenorthandeasthaddisappearedfromview,andnothingwasvisiblesavethefantasticSILHOUETTEofsometoweringrockshereandthere.Thehowls,andclearlythehowlsofterrifiedanimals,wereredoubled.TheyproceededfromthatpartoftheCordilleraswhichlayindarkness.

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