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That mesa looked flat, and almost anything might be grazing or browsing there. So we proceeded gingerly, with due regard to the rolling of the loose rocks or the tinkling of the little pebbles. But long before we had reached that alluring skyline we were halted by the gentle snapping of Mavrouki's fingers.
We watched him in vast disgust. He cavorted out into a bare open space without cover of any sort, and then flopped over. I thought I caught a fleeting grin of delight on Mavrouki's face; but he knew enough instantly to conceal his satisfaction over sure meat.
In addition, we collected two more specimens of the Neuman's hartebeeste, and two Chanler's reed buck. But Mavrouki's glowing predictions as to roan were hardly borne out by facts. According to him the mountains simply swarmed with them he had seen thirty-five in one day, etc. Of course we had discounted this, but some old tracks had to a certain extent borne out his statement.
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