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CHAPTER IV. 



DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE START FOR DHUJ " BALOO MAR," THE VILLAGE 

 NIMROD THE GOORAL, OR " HIMALAYAN CHAMOIS "ALBINO GOORAL 

 A STRANGE COINCIDENCE UP DHUJ SUNRISE OVER THE SNOWY 

 RANGE GAME IN SIGHT " BUCK FEVER " AND ITS USUAL RESULT 

 KILL A BUCK KALLEEGE PHEASANTS CAMP-FIRE YARNS WILD 

 PIGS THE CHEER PHEASANT SINGULAR . EFFECT OF MORNING MIST 

 SECURING A TROUBLESOME SPECIMEN A BOLD INTRUDER THE 

 KOKLASS PHEASANT AND THE PEWRA PARTRIDGE A CHANCE SHOT 

 IN THE DIM MOONLIGHT BALOO ! ALMOST TOO CLOSE TO BE 

 PLEASANT THE SURROW A DRIVE FOR JURROW VILLAGE CURS 

 WILD DOGS A CRUEL LESSON. 



NOWHERE can a finer or a more invigorating climate be found 

 than at an altitude of between 6000 and 8000 feet in the 

 Himalayas, during the three months that succeed the clearing 

 up of the rainy season about the end of September. The 

 wild animals, too, are then in their best condition both for fur 

 and flesh. The males would of course be better for food a 

 month or so earlier ; but as the natives highly prize venison 

 at any time, it is never wasted ; and the trophies, which the 

 sportsman values more than the meat, are none the worse for 

 the delay. 



The November mornings were crisp and frosty, and the 

 days bright and clear, when I set out on a short hunting-trip 

 of quite a different character to the one just described. My 

 small retinue consisted of Kurbeer and another Goorkha lad 

 carrying the guns, a cook, and four or five " coolies " (native 

 baggage-porters), laden with a little tent, bedding, and the 



