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He indicated that we were to go below -
that Trini Hunter was to drive the sheep
when reached them the I me behind a
north beside the stream at the mouth
of the amphitheatre . NB took me half way
up the slope and settled ourselves behind
two boulders, D I was breathing hard from
the strenuous climb and the old fellow
waited until I was ready to shout; then
he gave a signal & Trini Hunter appeared
at the very summit of the rocky amphitheatre.
Instantly the sheep seen on its near -
running
They seemed to be
as large as
cle
elephants, for in whatever had been
as close to a living argali. Just as the
animals mounted the crest of a little
rocky ledge not more than fifty yards
Na-na-gim whistled sharply &
stopped as that turned to stone.
"Now" he whispered "shout." As I bent my
rifle - then is or it I want it
banged in the air, I had been showing
the hunter how to set trigger and had
accidentally left it on. The sheep
dashed away
avenue of escape and
of that big ram.
low down and
that was down her past
me. My second shot broke the hind leg
The third struck him near the
abdomen he staggered but kept on.