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nowhere.  I wonder if the report of my gun would have any effect upon him?"  With this I stepped back into a slight hollow to obtain a better view of the top of a tall "neadle".  An absolute silence ensued.  Suddenly the howl came up — from the grass at my heels!  I nearly jumped out of my boots.  With one ear erect and the other lopped, a rough coat, and the stump of a tail, stood, with one forepaw in a steel trap and a woefull expression of countinance — a small dog.  On being released he followed us to the tent and came near killing himself among the briers in trying to express his gratitude on three legs.

"What have we hear" inquired Arnheim.  "The owl" said Burton "a very uncommon veriety, indeed a a new species unknown to ornithologists, possessing tubercular molar teeth and a mamalian alimentary system if I am not mistaken, [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] very appreciative of human kindness at any rate."  Before, Arnheim had time to answer the sally we heard a sort of rumble in the cove and a sound as of something plunging in the water.

To be Continued