BOW AND ARROW Three mornings the shepherds marched in the same manner, when they came in view of a range of hills so high that to Felix they appeared mountains.

The home of the tribe was in these hills, and once there they were comparatively safe from attack.

In early spring when the herbage on the downs was scarce, the flocks moved to the meadowlike lands far in the valleys; in summer they returned to the hills; in autumn they went to the vales again.

Soon after noon on the third day the scouts reported that a large body of gipsies were moving in a direction which would cut off their course to the hills on the morrow.
The chief held a council, and it was determined that a forced march should be made at once by another route, more to the left, and it was thought that in this way they might reach the base of the slopes by evening.

The distance was not great, and could easily have been traversed by the men; the flocks and herds, however, could not be hurried much.