in showers. Others leaped from rock to rock with

awful bounds, until, losing their foothold, they fell

headlong; while others descended sheer down into the

sweltering mass that lay shattered at the base of the

cliffs.

Dick Varley and his dog remained rooted to the

rock, as they gazed at the sickening sight, as if petrified.

Scarce fifty of that noble herd of buffaloes escaped the

awful leap, but they escaped only to fall before the

arrows of their ruthless pursuers. Dick had often