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started up the shale slope +
nosed about all the rocks +
ledges it came to. To see whether
it was a stranger in the
district or belonged here, I
jumped up + ran after it. When
it saw me it seemed to be
paralyzed by fright, + flattening
itself to the rock face, made
no attempt to escape, though
there were several crevices in
which it could have hidden,
within a few yards. I shot it
3 times with dust shot, as I
had no rifle with me. The
animal was quite obviously a
stranger + he was travelling.
He did not once stop to eat, though
the grass must have been much
more luscious than any that he
had heretofore seen. He had
three large pieces of cactus
sticking to him, two on the rump
just above the tail + one on the
shoulders.
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