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SPECIMEN DAYS 129retreating with defiant hops and skips.He had nodifficulty in keeping his distance as long as theyremained in the open, but Sam manoeuvred himat last into a corner formed by an out-house,with a lean-to roof, that jutted out from the barn.It seemed that all was over with the goat, butthe full strategy of his campaign was only nowunfolded as he sprang nimbly on to the roof andran up itto the gutter of the barn high above.There he turned round and butted truculently.But Sam had already fled. As soon as he heardthe resounding patter of small hoofs upon thecorrugated iron he gave upthe chase and retreatednervously. Thereafter the goat, usinghis roof as a sort of base of operations, mademanySam concluded that it was not as good a game asfearless sallies into the field below. Buthe had thought.The old mill was remarkable for many thingsbesides its menagerie. It was set about by aperfect jungle of little buildings and queer secludedcorners, and there was a fine bathing poolin the stream, and high square columns of stackedtimber and a garden full of giant sweet-peas andclimbing roses.Sam and Simon were captured at last andremoved to another field for the night, and all