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indescribable tint of delicate rose assumed by snowy summits 

 when touched by the first gleam of morning. Gradually the 

 ruddy glow spread from peak to peak, and grew brighter and 

 more yellow, until the whole jagged line became suffused 

 with golden light as the sun rose over it in dazzling glory 

 and threw its slanting beams across the profound misty 

 depths of the intervening hollows. 



The bear-slayer being of a decidedly practical turn of mind, 

 and also blessed with a first-rate pair of " bellows," did not 

 seem to appreciate these charms of nature, but kept remind- 

 ing me that we should be too late for our game if we did not 

 hurry up. As we resumed our ascent, we soon became aware 

 of the presence of a gooral, by a succession of short, sharp, 

 sneezing sort of sounds which we heard above. The animal 

 had been watching us whilst I had been viewing the scenery. 

 We caught only a glimpse of it ere it vanished among the 

 wooded crags. A gooral, when alarmed, almost invariably 

 emits this sound, which is something like that made by pro- 

 nouncing the word "tschick." If in doubt as to what the 

 danger may be, it will often perch itself on some prominent 

 point, and remain there for a considerable time with its head 

 turned to the suspected quarter, hissing out its note of alarm 

 at short intervals. But when once fairly satisfied of its 

 danger, you may bid good-bye to it. I do not think the 

 sense of smell is so acute in the gooral, nor in any Himalayan 

 animals of the wild-goat family, as it is in those of the deer 

 tribe : this is, however, in a great measure compensated for 

 by keen powers of sight and hearing. 



But we have now reached the crest, and here we call a 

 short halt for breath before examining the open precipitous 

 ground on the south side of the mountain, where the shikaree 

 says we shall be pretty sure to find our game. We are soon 

 on the move again. As we near the brink of the declivity, 

 Baloo Mar creeps stealthily forward and cautiously looks 

 over it. By the careful manner in which he slowly with- 



