CHAPTER VII. 



Olonur Camp — Stalking Sheep — Weather-beaten horns of Maral 

 found — Lake Valley — Hares and Brahminy Geese seen — Joseph 

 returns with Stores— My Wife goes out Stalking— Littledale's Record 

 Head— Thunderstorms — I wound a fine Ram— We shift Camp — 

 Taba's successful Ruse — Unsuccessful Pursuit— Our Camp under the 

 Nam Daba Pass — Stampede of the Pack-horses— A good Stalk on 

 August 2nd — Shift Camp over Frontier— More Stalking — The 

 Tarkhaty River — Kirghiz Encampment with great Herds of Horses 

 — I get a good Ibex — Return to Camp on the Tchagan-Burgaza River. 



Early on July 24th I was awakened by my faithful 

 Cristo with the good tidings that the weather was fine 

 and that the ponies were saddled. We accordingly 

 started, Littledale and I, after a hasty breakfast, 

 towards the sheep-ground which my companion had 

 inspected on the previous day, and where we found 

 there was sufficient room for both of us. I was 

 anxious to get a glimpse at the herd of sixty rams 

 which Littledale had seen, and perhaps get a shot 

 at a fine old patriarch. Wild sheep had been care- 

 fully avoiding me for the previous three weeks, and 

 my eager anticipation of sport may be readily under- 

 stood. From camp we rode down the main valley 

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