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uphill. A good hour brought us to the head of 

 the side- valley. Here we found our wounded fellow 

 again lying half-way up the slope. I made a 

 desperate scramble to get above him, and shot him 

 through the heart just as he was preparing to make 

 off. The two carried average heads : 48^ by 1 j\ 

 and 39 by 17 inches. I returned to camp with my 

 light trophies, exhausted, in a regular blizzard. 

 Littledale had come back, saying he had seen no 

 sheep, but had come across easy ground for the 

 ponies to cross into Mongolia. He had gone out 

 again up the main valley, and presently returned with 

 the report that he had wounded the finest ram he 

 had as yet seen, but that he had been unable to 

 follow the blood-tracks owing to their having been 

 covered up with snow, which now lay thick round 

 our tents. As for the wind, it still blew as strong 



