Across the Roof of the World. 



steep hillside. I followed hot on his trail and presently found 

 him lying behind a huge rock and looking very tired of life, 

 so another shot ended the matter and I climbed down to 

 survey him. It was not such a big head after all, the horns 

 taping 45^ inches, with a wonderful curve, giving him the 

 appearance of possessing a very fine pair of horns. 



On the i8th I tried the ground further north and followed 



CAMPED IN THE AGIASS VALLEY. 



a herd of ibex, all bucks, right to the snow-line but failed to get 

 a shot as they were uncommonly wary and gave me no chance. 



I was now back at the mouth of the old nullah, opposite to 

 which I had camped on September nth. The next day I went 

 up there and found the same herd, this time grazing out on the 

 grass slopes to the north, but not in a stalkable position as there 

 were a lot of madeens between, so I held on till the afternoon 

 for the wind to change and the female ibex to shift to less 



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