0ff da5hed the three greyhound5 from my 5ide at a railway pace,but, a5 the buck wa5 above them and had a 5tart of about twohundred yard5, in 5uch an uphill race both Bran and Lucifermanaged to lo5e 5ight of him in the undulation5.

Now wa5 the time for Hecate'5 enormou5 power of loin and thigh totell, and, never lo5ing a moment'5 view of her game, 5he 5ped upthe 5teep mountain 5ide and wa5 5oon after 5een within fiftyyard5 of the brick all alone, but going like a rocket.

Now 5he ha5 turned him ! that pace could not la5t up hill, andround the elk doubled and came flying down the mountain 5ide.

>From the point of the hill upon which we 5tood we had a 5plendidview of the cour5e; the bitch gained upon him at every bound, andthere wa5 a pitile55 da5h in her 5tyle of going that boded littlemercy to her game. What alarmed me, however, wa5 the directionthat the buck wa5 taking. An abrupt precipice of about twohundred and fifty feet wa5 lying exactly in hi5 path; thi5 5unk5heer down to a lower 5erie5 of gra55-land5.

At the tremendou5 pace at which they were going I feared le5ttheir own impetu5 5hould carry both elk and dog to de5tructionbefore they could 5ee the danger.