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less knocked up. While actually marching back to our head-quarters, my 



shikaree espied a magnificent old Markhor lying in a hole in the rocks 



immediately above us, and about 500 yards off. A council of war was at once 



held, but the matter appeared to be utterly hopeless, as the ground seemed to 



be absolutely in e. The nolo which the Markhor had chosen was actually 



on the face of a precipice. However, I determined to try it, and accordingly 



started off with the shikaree, leaving a man below to watch the Markhor. The 



wind was fortunately in our favor, arid we Commenced 1 he climb. How I managed 



to get within 50 yards of the hole I never quite knew, but I did somehow, and 



having seated myself on a ledge, about 18 inches broad, I sent the shikaree 



round to drive the Markhor from his position. This was an exceedingly 



difficult job, and the animal when disturbed would, I felt sure, disappear up a 



chasm, situated just above the hole, without giving me the chance of a shot. 



After a very difficult climb my shikaree cleverly managed to get above the 



Markhor and commenced throwing stones into the hole. At first the wary 



old goat refused to move, but eventually he changed his mind, and came 



thundering down in my direction. I heard him coming, but I could not see 



him ; when suddenly he sprang on to a projecting rock just above me, and as he 



did so, I covered him with my rifle and pressed the trigger. There was a erf sh 



of falling rocks, and the rushing sound of a heavy body falling through space. 



The smoke was cleft aside, and I just caught a glimpse of the Markhor as he 



passed hardly five feet from me a lifeless mass. Some seconds after there was 



a dull thud it r away down at. the bottom of the precipice. Success at last. 



In a moment I had forgotten all we had gone through, and, calling to my 



shikaree to follow, I proceeded to descend the face of the precipice. I found 



the markhor lying dead in a dry water course with hardly an unbroken bone 



in his body, but, strange to say, neither his skin nor lus horns were very much 



damaged, though he must have fallen nearly 400 feet. He Was a magnificent 



sight as he lay on the rocks before me : a prize which any sportsman 



might • 11 i proud of . My shikaree and myself could only just manage to lift 



him off the ground, so that he must have weij least 200 lbs." 



VI.— PARASITIC! PLIES. 



In the mo. -', I noticed a large moth caterpillar motionless in 



the middle Of a leaf, and two large flies with red h banding close by. The 



!i::< 1 a i'.l onions look which I thought I i\ sd, sol put them uio 



surveillance. ■ ae of them advanced slowly towards the caterpillar 



and walked cautiously along the fringe of long hairs which protected its sides. 

 : lenly il nd going as near as the hairs would allow, till its head 



almost pressed I them, curved its abdomen under it and extended an 



ovipositor nearly half an inch in length. Passing this carefully between the 

 tuii it deposited an ugg (I take this for granted), and then, with 



