Another Roe-deer. 



sighted Numgoon, so together these two rounded up the pony 

 and brought him into camp much to Giyani's satisfaction. 



That afternoon I struck camp and moved further up into 

 the Muntai Nullah, establishing my headquarters amongst the 

 dense jungle under some giant pines. We salHed forth in the 

 evening and prospected the ground higher up but saw nothing 

 shoo table. 



On the 30th I tried the ground to the west of camp, where 

 there were a lot of little ravines radiating from the main one, 

 and saw a few roe. On the way back to camp, as I was moving 

 along the side of a wooded dell, I sighted one on the opposite side 

 about a hundred yards off. My side was covered with dense bush 

 and a few trees, the other being of much the same nature. The 

 buck was feeding on an open patch and might at any moment 

 move into the forest where he would be quite lost to view, so 

 using Nurah's shoulder as a rest I had a shot which struck him 

 behind the shoulder, and he dropped in his tracks. It was a 

 good six-pointer head with particularly well-shaped horns. 



In the afternoon I went off with Nurah, Numgoon and Giyani 

 to bivouac with the object of trying ground north-west but too 

 far distant to reach in one day from camp ; we saw a few illik 

 on the way. 



I established the bivouac in a narrow ravine under some 

 pines, and as the nights were now getting rather cool had a big 

 camp fire, in the making of which Giyani was an expert. The 

 entire country here was first rate illik ground, so I looked forward 

 to obtaining some more good heads. 



I started off at break of dawn with Nurah, sending Numgoon 

 and Giyani back with the kit to headquarters. We did a long 

 round, but I could not get the chance of a shot owing to the 

 wooded nature of the country, though we both heard ilhk. 



On my return to the main camp I decided to move into the 

 Agiass Valley for ibex shooting, so packing up everything started 

 in the afternoon and moved some eight miles up into the 

 hills. 



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