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horns. A little further on Jacob pointed out to me 

 the tracks of a Moose (Boulan), and there, sure 

 enough, on the mud, were the well-known footprints ! 

 On our way back two more Roe-deer sprang out of 

 the brushwood a few yards in front of us, but with 

 the same result as before, and at noon I was back in 

 camp thoroughly disheartened. Littledale had not 

 yet returned, but had sent in the. head of a fair buck, 

 and at 3 p.m. he came in saying that he had seen 

 another fine buck, but had failed to get near him. 

 Rain now came on, but as it cleared up towards 

 evening, we decided to have another try on the 

 following day before striking camp. Unfortunately, 

 however, it poured continuously the whole of next 

 day, and we were obliged to keep to our tents and dig 

 entrenchments round them in order to carry off the 

 water, and keep the insides dry. 



On the morning of September 3rd we struck camp, 

 at 9 a.m., in a north-westerly direction, and again 

 pitched tents at 1 p.m., after a fifteen-mile march, on 

 the banks of a small stream at a place known to the 

 natives as Yulientash. We had crossed a low divide 

 separating two watersheds, and now found ourselves 

 again in the valley of the Katoun River. The country 

 here was very similar to that we had just left, and our 

 hunters still promised us sport with Maral. The 



