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In all that broad landscape there was no gleam of hope. North, and east, and west he looked with wild questioning eyes, and then he realised that his wanderings had come to an end, and that there, on that barren crag, he was about to die. IN ALL THAT BROAD LANDSCAPE THERE WAS NO GLEAM OF HOPE NORTH AND EAST AND WEST HE LOOKED WITH WILD QUESTIONING EYES AND THEN HE REALIZED THAT HIS WANDERINGS HAD COME TO AN END AND THAT THERE ON THAT BARREN CRAG HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE
d haggard, and the brown parchment-like skin was drawn tightly over the projecting bones; his long, brown hair and beard were all flecked and dashed with white; his eyes were sunken in his head, and burned with an unnatural lustre; while the hand which grasped his rifle was hardly more fleshy than that of a skeleton. As he stood, he leaned upon his weapon for support, and yet his tall figure and the massive framework of his bones suggested a wiry and vigorous constitution. His gaunt face, however, and his clothes, which hung so baggily over his shrivelled limbs, proclaimed what it was that gave him that senile and decrepit appearance. The man was dying—dying from hunger and from thirst. He had toiled painfully down the ravine, and on to this little elevation, in the vain hope of seeing some signs of water. Now the great salt plain stretched before his eyes, and the distant belt of savage mountains, without a sign anywhere of plant or tree, which might indicate the presence of moisture. TY HIS FACE WAS LEAN AND HAGGARD AND THE BROWN PARCHMENT LIKE SKIN WAS DRAWN TIGHTLY OVER THE PROJECTING BONES HIS LONG BROWN HAIR AND BEARD WERE ALL FLECKED AND DASHED WITH WHITE HIS EYES WERE SUNKEN IN HIS HEAD AND BURNED WITH AN UNNATURAL LUSTRE WHILE THE HAND WHICH GRASPED HIS RIFLE WAS HARDLY MORE FLESHY THAN THAT OF A SKELETON AS HE STOOD HE LEANED UPON HIS WEAPON FOR SUPPORT AND YET HIS TALL FIGURE AND THE MASSIVE FRAMEWORK OF HIS BONE SUGGESTED A WIRY AND VIGOROUS CONSTITUTION HIS GAUNT FACE HOWEVER AND HIS CLOTHES WHICH HUNG SO BAGGILY OVER HIS SHRIVELLED LIMBS PROCLAIMED WHAT IT WAS THAT GAVE HIM THAT SEEN ISLAND DECREPIT APPEARANCE THE MAN WAS DYING DYING FROM HUNGER AND FROM THIRST HE HAD TOILED PAINFULLY DOWN THE RAVINE AND ON TO THIS LITTLE ELEVATION IN THE VAIN HOPE OF SEEING SOME SIGNS OF WATER NOW THE GREAT SALT PLAIN STRETCHED BEFORE HIS EYES AND THE DISTANT BELT OF SAVAGE MOUNTAINS WITHOUT A SIGN ANYWHERE OF PLANT OR TREE WHICH MIGHT INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF MOISTURE
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