e darkness that enveloped the surrounding landscape,
when I noted that it was bearing toward the right. This was accounted
for by the fact that Raja ran upon his left side, and unlike his mate,
kept leaping for the great beast's shoul-der. The man on the lidi's
back was prodding at the hyaenodon with his long spear, but still Raja
kept springing up and snapping.

The effect of this was to turn the lidi toward the right, and the
longer I watched the procedure the more convinced I became that Raja
and his mate were working together with some end in view, for the
she-dog merely galloped steadily at the lidi's right about op-posite
his rump.

I had seen jaloks hunting in packs, and I recalled now what for the
time I had not thought of--the several that ran ahead and turned the
quarry back toward the main body. This was precisely what Raja and his
mate were doing--they were turning the lidi back toward me, or at least
Raja was. Just why the female was keeping out of it I did not
understand, unless it was that she was not entirely clear in her own
mind as to precisely what her mate was attempt-ing.

At any rate, I was sufficiently convinced to stop where I was and await
developments, for I could readily realize two things. One was that I
could never overhaul them before the damage was done if they should
pull the lidi down now. The other thing was that if they did not pull
it down for a few minutes it would have completed its circle and
returned close to where I stood.

And this is just what happened. The lot of them were almost, swallowed
up in the twilight for a moment. Then they reappeared again, but this
time far to the right and circling back in my general direction. I
waited until I could get some clear idea of the right spot to gain that
I might intercept the lidi; but even as I waited I saw the beast
attempt to turn still more to the right--a move that would have carried
him far to my left in a much more circumscribed circle than the
hyaenodons had mapped out for him. Then I saw the female leap forward
and head him; and when he would have gone too far to the left, Raja
sprang, snapping at his shoulder and held him straight.

Straight for me the two savage beasts were driving their quarry! It
was wonderful.

It was something else, too, as I realized while the monstrous beast
neared me. It was like standing in the middle of the tracks in front
of an approaching express-train. But I didn't dare waver;