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;

too much de-pended upon my meeting that hurtling mass of terrified

flesh with a well-placed javelin. So I stood there, wait-ing to

be run down and crushed by those gigantic feet, but determined to

drive home my weapon in the broad breast before I fell.

The lidi was only about a hundred yards from me when Raja gave a

few barks in a tone that differed materially from his hunting-cry.

Instantly both he and his mate leaped for the long neck of the

ruminant.

Neither missed. Swinging in mid-air, they hung te-naciously, their

weight dragging down the creature's head and so retarding its speed

that before it had reached me it was almost stopped and devoting

all its energies to attempting to scrape off its attackers with

its forefeet.

Dian had seen and recognized me, and was trying to extricate herself

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