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Surely this was a spot worth fighting for, and, more certainly still, it was a place for peace. A long contemplative walk brought me back to Rondebosch, and again I took the train-like tram and went back to busy Capetown. In any new town the heights about and above it appeal strongly to every wanderer. There the houses are more scattered; the streets are thin.
It may be a herd of the great guazuti deer, or the smaller pampas roe, or, perchance, a flock of rheas the South American ostrich stalking along tranquilly or in flight, with their long necks extended far before, and their plumed tails streaming train-like behind them.
Some field batteries behind Kephez had joined in, and the whole night echoed with the quick crashes of the guns, while the air was full of the train-like rattle of flying shells. But in all the confusion Ken kept his head. Catching sight of a coil of line on the deck close by the forward hatch, he sprang for it, made one end fast to a bollard, and with a shout flung the other towards Roy.
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