Contents 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. BOHEMIA AND ITS PEOPLE 3 



II. MY FIRST STAG 19 



III. ROEBUCK SHOOTING IN BOHEMIA . . . .41 



IV. A DAY'S ROEBUCK DRIVING . . . . . 71 

 V. ON THE PLAINS 85 



VI. BLACKCOCK SHOOTING IN BOHEMIA .... 97 



VII. AN AUTUMN PICTURE 107 



VIII. THE PHANTOM ROEBUCK OF THE DISMAL POOL . 121 



IX. SOME SHOOTING STATISTICS 135 



X. To THE MOUNTAINS 147 



XL MY FIRST CHAMOIS 167 



XII. ON THE EDGE OF THE SNOW 185 



XIII. BAD LUCK 203 



XIV. THE VALLEY OF ETERNAL SLEEP . . . .213 

 XV. TYROL AND THE TYROLESE 221 



XVI. INNSBRUCK 241 



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