From that point, as I have said, the most of Aros and the neighbouring Ross would be spread below him like a map; and it was plain that he kept a bright look-out in all directions, for my head had scarcely risen above the summit of the first ascent before he had leaped to his feet and turned as if to face me.

I hailed him at once, as well as I was able, in the same tones and words as I had often used before, when I had come to summon him to dinner.

He made not so much as a movement in reply.

I passed on a little farther, and again tried parley, with the same result.

But when I began a second time to advance, his insane fears blazed up again, and still in dead silence, but with incredible speed, he began to flee from before me along the rocky summit of the hill.