SPORT IN THE TEKKES: IBEX 95 



Apropos of the aforesaid miss-fires, I may say 

 that I was shooting with a double '303 and cart- 

 ridges supplied by the maker, who has a great name, 

 which I am only restrained from giving by ignor- 

 ance, and consequently wholesome dread, of the law 

 of libel. Out of every seven or eight cartridges 

 one used to miss-fire, which is altogether inexcusable ; 

 it puts one off one's own shooting, and destroys 

 confidence. I shall not refer to this again, but the 

 reader can take it for granted that miss-fires were an 

 all too common occurrence. 



Again we moved camp, and I went off with Durji, 

 riding up the main valley. We soon saw one herd, 

 but they were not in a very good place, so we left 

 them alone, and in another mile or so saw another 

 big lot at the top of the grass, just below where the 

 rocks began. We tied up our ponies and started to 

 climb the hill. To keep out of sight we went up a 

 small ravine, which afforded complete shelter, but 

 was so steep and broken up by little cliffs that our 

 progress was slow. At last, after crossing a small but 

 nasty stone slide, with a quite sufficient drop below 

 it, we judged that we were high enough up. The 

 herd we were after was large, some two or three hun- 

 dred beasts in all, and they were much scattered, 

 and in rather open ground, the bucks being on the 

 further side from us, so before beginning the actual 

 stalk we sat down to wait a bit, on the chance of 

 their moving to a more favourable place. While so 



