2 30 BIG GAME SHOOTING 



IBEX AND WILD SHEEP IN SCIND 



In the range of hills running down the frontier 

 of Scind to the coast there is very pretty shooting, 

 consisting of what is commonly called Scind ibex 

 (Capra aegagrus] and gud (Ovis vignti of that region). 

 As a rule they are hunted by driving up to posted 

 guns a practice which ought to be abolished, as it is 

 poor sport for the shooter, and very hard on the 

 game. However, as the ground is difficult except 

 to a mountaineer, and the animals require a good 

 deal of stalking, many sportsmen would not care 

 for it. 



In 1895, on mv wa y nome viz Karachi, I made 

 up my mind for a hunt in the Scind and Beloochi 

 hills. I took the rail to Lar Kharna from Lahore, 

 got some camels, and started for Guibidero, which I 

 heard was a good place for sheep and goats. A 

 couple of days took me to my ground, and I camped 

 on a little stream running through one of the typical 

 gorges of this country rugged, abrupt, with broken 

 serrated sky-lines, steep slopes, or rather slips, of 

 debris or loose rocks, very bad to walk over. This 

 is the ground on which the goats abide. As there 

 is no wind to speak of, no trees, and no water except 

 very small trickling streams at rare intervals, the 

 stillness is intense, and a displaced stone will make a 

 noise like a pistol shot as it falls. 



The sportsman should be on the hill and in a 

 commanding situation before daybreak ; the herds 



