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must have been. Still I have a plan which may defeat them, if they think to trap us here. But look, Victor, with my glass, and tell me, do my eyes deceive me; is not that white object near that large kraal, a woman's dress? and is not that Katrine? But I forget, _you_ would not recognise her so far off, though I can; but tell me if it is not a white woman's dress and manner." Victor took the telescope, and making a slight alteration in the focus, directed it at the object indicated. After a very brief examination, Victor said-- "That, Hans, is a white woman without doubt; and following her, I see another and a smaller woman, who I think also is white." Hans, who had been solely occupied in examining the first female figure, had not observed the second; but now, taking the glass, he at once found that Victor's observation was correct. "I know now that must be Katrine, and her sister is behind her. I will let her know I am here." "How can you do that, Hans?" inquired Victor with surprise; "she is more than a mile from us." "I will show you, Victor; it is an old way of letting her know, that I practised for months, and she is accustomed to it. See this!" Hans took from his pocket a small looking-glass, which was protected in a tin case; examining the direction of the sun, he then held the hand-glass so that its flash should be cast towards the plains; this he did very cautiously, having placed himself so that some leaves of a tree served to guide him as to the direction in which the reflection should be cast. As soon as he had made these preparations to his satisfaction, he said-- "Now, Victor, rest the telescope on the branch of that tree, and tell me what Katrine does." Victor arranged the telescope as requested, whilst Hans slightly moved his mirror, so as to cast the flash in the direction of Katrine. During the first few minutes no effect seemed to result from Hans' performance. Katrine was walking slowly over the plain, her head cast down as though she were in deep thought, and looking neither to the right nor left. Her sister was, when first seen by Victor, nearly a hundred yards behind her; but shortly afterwards she ran to her elder sister and took her hand. All this Victor saw with his telescope and described to Hans, who still flashed the mirror in what he believed to be the right direction. "Now they see it," exclaimed Victor. "The little one has seen it and drags her sister roun
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