544 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



late in the afternoon, I found that my friend, in 

 the dark, had sprained his ankle so severely that 

 he was not able to put his foot to the ground, and 

 it was with great difficulty that Franz and Hans 

 managed to get him home. I was very sorry for 

 this untoward accident, as it did away with all 

 chance of his killing a chamois, on which he had 

 set his mind. However, he was not one to be 

 down-hearted, and he made up his mind to remain 

 and make himself as comfortable as he could in 

 the hut until he was able to get about. As his 

 ankle was much swollen and inflamed, I prescribed 

 cold-water bandages without and hot grog within, 

 which gave him considerable relief, and enabled 

 him to sleep during the night. 



Dinner over, Karl related our exploits and the 

 extraordinary powers of my rifle, and after some 

 improvised songs we turned in, happy as chamois- 

 hunters after a good days work. 



In the next three days I killed five more 

 chamois, and we then proceeded to Konigsee, in 

 the Berchtesgaden, where we had a capital day's 



