Presently he reappeared beyond, dashing out over the carpet of dried leaves that always covers bhe ground in a cocao estate. Up flew fragmonts of the withered debris as he scurried over the ground, seeming in his quick, sinuous courae, much longer than he really was. Right across his way lay the decaying trunk of a fallbn tree, and be neath it he disappeared fdr an instant, then continued his course up the hill on the further side. In a trailing' vine thab creased it my foot caught as I jumped. I fell lightly forward among the great rank leaves of a young breadfruit, alighting on my handß, but oniy fdr an instant, leaping again to my feet and conbinuing bhepursuit. Short as waa bhe delay the macheta gained by it, and gave me a good hundred yards' run further up the hill. Ab laßb, when he saw that I was closo on him, he made for a coffee bush, whose tops touched the lower branchos of a cacao tree, and before I could catch up te him ho was high above my reach making his way along through the branches with great speed, almost rivalling the squirrel in activity.
