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cripples, if he does not want a stiffish task set him afterwards 

 in recovering them. Major Ward recommends using Baltistan 

 dogs, and if procurable, good dogs no doubt would be invalu- 

 able ; but the mere fact of having dogs out, unless they are 

 exceptionally good and led by a native of more than ordinary 

 intelligence, generally so multiplies the chances against a suc- 

 cessful stalk that one is better without them. English dogs, 

 he says, are useless among rocks and cannot stand the rarefied 

 air. 



I remember having a capital day with burrel. I sighted 

 a flock of eight good rams in the morning, but could not 

 attempt to close with them till the afternoon on account of 

 four kyang who persistently kept in the way. At last the kyang 

 fed away, and after a longish detour the burrel, who were lying 

 down, were approached by my sliding down the hillside on my 

 back. Having got within fifty yards of one whose horns were 

 just visible, the expedient of shufiling among the loose stones 

 Nvith the hand was tried to get him to stand up, but this only 

 brought the tips of an ear in sight by the base of the horn. 

 Another shuffle and the ram stood up, but only showed about a 

 couple of inches of the top of his shoulder. Foolishly firing at 

 this instead of at his neck, the shot missed, the whole flock 

 bolted at once, and a running shot with the left barrel also 

 missed. Reloading at once, the chase was carried on down the 

 hillside, and the burrel were again found, standing looking at 

 their pursuer about a hundred and fifty yards off. Picking out 

 the biggest ram, a shot from the shoulder rolled him over, but a 

 snap-shot at the hind-quarters of another disappearing down the 

 hill missed. Another run of about three hundred yards afforded 

 another chance, as when within one hundred and eighty yards of 

 the flock it again halted, and a second ram fell to the shot. The 

 rest went about three hundred yards and stood again. I 

 still foHowed, and at two hundred and fifty yards broke the 

 forearm of a third ram close to the body. By this time rest 

 was the first necessity, but after a short pause the wounded ram 

 was followed up and bagged with another shot. 'J'he first was ten 



