It landed on a juniper-bush and remained suspended from its branches.

Shotaye went onward carelessly.

She looked for herbs and plants, picking up a handful here, pulling out a root there, until she had made a long circuit, which however brought her back to the place where the dead owl was.

Here she stopped, listening, all the while looking out for plants.

As if by accident she neared the bush on which the carcass was still hanging, and after assuring herself that the body had not been disturbed, she brushed past so as to cause it to drop to the ground.