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a narrow hole behind a clump of high
grass, closet the mangle in a large circle
to get behind the herd. Try to dress them
thereid where I lay, after burning
into the caravan until I was well
concealed & fringing my hat with grass,
I watched the herd work thru' the bruisular.
They were feeding of moving slowly about
in a vast semicircle for ten minutes --
than suddenly they drew together seven
off to the far wind. They several hundred
of them bunched up into a moving
yellow mass but a dozen smaller
herds split off running in all direction
except mine. One lot did start toward
me & momentarily I expected them to
come flying about my cover, as I snuggled
down out of sight, but something staved
them off for they passed far over to the
left.
When the mangle had returned & I was
on my horse again, we decided to make
one last try for a herd one toward the road.
They let us come within fair distance
& thrusting out in a flying line.
Unfortunately they circled to the west
and going straight into the eye of
the sun which lay like a great ball
of fire in the edge of its bosom -- !
Kublai Khan shot his warmness when
he saw the antlers flying at front of