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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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The
weather
was
right,
and
at
eight
in
the
morning
the
word
to
advance
was
given.
The
line
was
about
five
miles
long
at
first,
and
there
was
a
man
or
a
boy
every
thirty
or
forty
yards.
The
buggies
and
riders
kept
perforce
almost
entirely
to
the
roads;
but
the
beaters
were
supposed,
as
a
point
of
honor,
to
face
everything,
and
keep
the
front
unbroken.
The
advance
was
roughly
in
three
sides
of
a
square.
Each
man
made
as
much
noise
as
he
could,
and
threshed
every
bush
in
his
path.
A
number
of
Rabbits
hopped
out.
Some
made
for
the
lines,
to
be
at
once
assailed
by
a
shower
of
stones
that
laid
many
of
them
low.
One
or
two
did
get
through
and
escaped,
but
the
majority
were
swept
before
the
drive.
At
first
the
number
seen
was
small,
but
before
three
miles
were
covered
the
Rabbits
were
running
ahead
in
every
direction.
After
five
miles--and
that
took
about
three
hours--the
word
for
the
wings
to
close
in
was
given.
The
space
between
the
men
was
shortened
up
till
they
were
less
than
ten
feet
apart,
and
the
whole
drive
converged
on
the
corral
with
its
two
long
guide
wings
or
fences;
the
end
lines
joined
these
wings,
and
the
surround
was
complete.
The
drivers
marched
rapidly
now;
scores
of
the
Rabbits
were
killed
as
they
ran
too
near
the
beaters.
Their
bodies
strewed
the
ground,
but
the
swarms
seemed
to
increase;
and
in
the
final
move,
before
the
victims
were
cooped
up
in
the
corral,
the
two-acre
space
surrounded
was
a
whirling
throng
of
skurrying,
jumping,
bounding
Rabbits.
Round
and
round
they
circled
and
leaped,
looking
for
a
chance
to
escape;
but
the
inexorable
crowd
grew
thicker
as
the
ring
grew
steadily
smaller,
and
the
whole
swarm
was
forced
along
the
chute
into
the
tight
corral,
some
to
squat
stupidly
in
the
middle,
some
to
race
round
the
outer
wall,
some
to
seek
hiding
in
corners
or
under
each
other.
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