A Hunting Trip in India 



one, a young buck with small horns. I had to 

 hunt way up the mountain, even beyond bush 

 vegetation, and the hot sun at midday was 

 awful. Nevertheless, by very hard climbing, 

 I managed on this day to get within shot first 

 of a herd of nine females, which I did not 

 touch, and then of the young buck, which I 

 killed. On June 13th, by another heart-break- 

 ing climb, very high up, I got a second small 

 buck. I did not get back to camp that night 

 till half past 9 — tired out, feet badly cut with 

 the stones and bruised all over ; but in spite of 

 the fever I enjoyed every day — the scenery 

 was so grand and the life so exhilarating. 

 Four days afterwards came a red-letter day. 

 I started early in the morning, clambering up 

 among the high mountains. Until noon I saw 

 nothing; then several flocks of ibex came in 

 sight, one of them of eleven big bucks. I had 

 to wait four hours to get into a position to 

 stalk; then by quick work and awful climbing 

 I came within close range and killed three. It 

 was half past 10 in the evening before I got 

 back to camp, very nearly done up, but exult- 

 ant over my good luck. 



The traveling now became very severe and 

 I had a great deal of difficulty even with the 



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