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In another second he threw up his arms , and we heard him come to the earth with a thud . Then I saw what had happened ; we had stumbled upon a herd of sleeping quagga , on to the back of one of which Good actually had fallen , and the brute naturally enough got up and made off with him . Calling out to the others that it was all right , I ran towards Good , much afraid lest he should be hurt , but to my great relief I found him sitting in the sand , his eye-glass still fixed firmly in his eye , rather shaken and very much frightened , but not in any way injured . After this we travelled on without any further misadventure till about one o'clock , when we called a halt , and having drunk a little water , not much , for water was precious , and rested for half an hour , we started again . On , on we went , till at last the east began to blush like the cheek of a girl . Then there came faint rays of primrose light , that changed presently to golden bars , through which the dawn glided out across the desert . The stars grew pale and paler still , till at last they vanished ; the golden moon waxed wan , and her mountain ridges stood out against her sickly face like the bones on the cheek of a dying man .