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There was the stag and his hinds , but well over two hundred yards from us ; nor was there any way of getting nearer by our present line of advance . While we were debating what to do the stag lay down , leaving no more than his horns ...
There was the stag and his hinds , but well over two hundred yards from us ; nor was there any way of getting nearer by our present line of advance . While we were debating what to do the stag lay down , leaving no more than his horns ...
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stag , and probably there would have been no regrettable incident if one wretched old hind had not led the stag a little deeper into hostile country . This was too much for the enemy . They did a short stalk , the boy had a shot ...
stag , and probably there would have been no regrettable incident if one wretched old hind had not led the stag a little deeper into hostile country . This was too much for the enemy . They did a short stalk , the boy had a shot ...
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I knew what that meant he had seen us , knew that we could see the stags , did not know which way they had gone ... This may sound absurd , but it is a very difficult thing to pick out one particular stag from ten or a dozen others .
I knew what that meant he had seen us , knew that we could see the stags , did not know which way they had gone ... This may sound absurd , but it is a very difficult thing to pick out one particular stag from ten or a dozen others .
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