222 CHAMOIS HUNTING. 



combined with prompt decision and boldness of 

 execution. Memo. All this is useless, if you do 

 not use straight powder. 



Hunting the chamois, ibex, and 



Se^SmS? creatures of that class > although in- 

 tensely exciting sport, is the most 

 difficult of all deer -stalking, and proves the 

 severest test of the qualifications of a hunter ; for 

 not only are these animals exceedingly shy and 

 watchful, but they are also gifted with remark- 

 ably keen sight, and their senses of smelling and 

 hearing are developed to an extraordinary degree. 

 From the almost inaccessible nature of the ground 

 on which they are found, he who would take 

 their spoils should be endued with great strength, 

 perseverance, and endurance, besides which he 

 must have the agility of a mountaineer and a 

 steady head, or he can never follow up his game 

 to their haunts, along narrow ledges of scarped 

 rocks and beetling heights, where a false step or 

 a moment's giddiness would entail certain de- 

 struction. There can be no doubt but that 



