I did not mean to kill the rabbit， but it ran suddenly across<br >the track at a nice distance， and my gun came up without<br >any conscious decision on my part. The rabbit vanished into<br >the rough， but I knew I had hit it， and it could not be far off，<br >so I went to look for it. I never found it， because I found the<br >man instead， and that put the rabbit out of my head. If I had<br >not shot the rabbit and g~ne to look for it， I should never<br >have found the man， and qeither would anyone else， or not<br ><br >