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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



enough to 



after careful inspection, he did not think good 

 descend, and he turned back to take another route. Just as he 

 made up his mind, one of the smaller bucks in rear evidently 

 chaffed him. The old fellow went for him at once, drove 

 him right up to the edge of the cliff with his horns, as nearly as 



I. Cashmere 



2. Astor 



Trans-Indus 



4. Afghanistan 



Varieties of markhor 



possible pushed him over, and then, with an air of great im- 

 portance, led the flock round his own way. 



Hitherto most writers have divided markhor into only two 

 varieties, viz. the spiral and straight horned ; but the type of 

 horn obtained in Astor is so different from that in Cashmere, 

 and again that in Afghanistan from that in the lower Trans^ 

 Indus ranges, that any sportsman can distinguish them at a 

 glance. 



