198 EXTRAORDINARY LUCK. 



It had now become dusk, and we could not see to 

 aim. We fired a volley at one hundred yards ; in a 

 moment he was on his feet and charging us. We 

 now continued to pepper him from all three rifles, 

 but none the less did he still come on. A second 

 volley, and he flourished his tail in the air and was 

 off; not far, however, for after running lOO paces he 

 stopped. It was now so dark that I determined to 

 waste no more ammunition, feeling confident that 

 he would succumb from his wounds during the 

 night. The following morning, true enough, there 

 he lay quite dead. We counted thirteen bullets in 

 his body and three in his head, one having fractured 

 the skull, which was covered with an integument 

 half an inch thick. On another occasion I was 

 clambering over the mountains when I suddenly 

 caught sight of three yaks lying down ; they had 

 not observed me as I was concealed by a rock. I 

 immediately took deliberate aim and fired. All 

 three jumped up and seemed at a loss to know what 

 was the matter ; my second bullet killed the one I 

 had first fired at outright. His two companions 

 remained beside him, as usual swishing their tails. 

 My third shot was equally successful in breaking 

 the leg of a second, compelling him to remain 

 stationary. I now directed my fire at the last of 

 the trio, but he was not to be despatched so easily. 

 After the first shot he charged, but after advancing 

 only ten paces in m)- direction, began to waver. A 

 second bullet caused him to renew the charge, and 

 at last, when forty paces off, I killed him with my 



