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56 buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.

The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers who stared about

them in bewilderment. The man staggered to his feet and looked down upon the plain which had been so desolate when sleep had over taken him, and which was now traversed by this enormous body of men and of beasts. His face assumed an expression of incredulity as