SPORT IN THE TEKKES : IBEX 97 



crawling along like a snake, I saw the back of an 

 ibex within twenty yards of me. One of the big 

 fellows had a broken -tipped horn, and as I could 

 see this from where I lay I knew it was all right, so 

 let drive at him. In an instant they were all three 

 on their feet and over the ridge. I jumped up and 

 dashed on. Just on the other side was number one, 

 down, and very sick, so I wasted no time on him. 

 The other two were going over the rocks as only 

 wild goats can, but I managed to put the left barrel 

 into the biggest of them before they turned a corner, 

 hitting him rather far back. Following on as fast 

 as I could which is not saying much, for the eleva- 

 tion was considerable and the going distinctly rough 

 I presently got another view of the wounded one, 

 and hit him again, but still did not stop him, so I 

 waited a few minutes to recover my wind before 

 starting on his track, which was pretty clearly 

 marked by blood. Sure enough, before going far, 

 I came upon him standing under a rock, and looking 

 very sick. Ibex, however, have great vitality, and 

 he started off again, but could not face the hill, and 

 when he stopped I put in another shot, which killed 

 him stone dead, so that he lay where he fell. This 

 was lucky, as if he had once started rolling he 

 would have gone down a long way, and his horns 

 would have been broken for a certainty. 



I now "returned to number one, to find Durji busy 

 with his knife in a state of great contentment, and 

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