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to our great satisfaction, that this was the finest buck I had ever 

 shot, and that the horns were intact. I was the more gratified at 

 this success, as my guest, Major Ellis, had enjoyed good sport the 

 day before, bringing bacl< to camp an old chamois of approximately 

 the same size as my own. The height of the Valtellina chamois is 

 about ;^o inches, its weight about 70 lbs. clean ; while the horns 

 measure from 9 to 10 inches. In the course of that trip with the 

 Major, which lasted four days, we bagged three chamois apiece, and 

 satisfied ourselves that the best weapon for the work is the "303 with 

 peg bullet. The result may not, perhaps, seem wonderful, but if 

 one considers the sporting way in which we got them, our satisfaction 

 will be understood. One chamois bao-o-ed after a o'ood stalk is 

 worth many killed in a beat. I always enjoy the splendid scenery 

 seen froni the crest of the Aprica, with views of the mountain of 

 the Disgrazia and the peaks of the Bernina range, recalling to me 

 earlier recollections of the climbs from Pontresina. where, having as 

 a youth of seventeen got through my examinations, I first tasted 

 xAlpine sport. 



Boar and deer are found in the Tuscan Maremma, in the wooded 



Boar and portions of the Pontine marshes, in the Neapolitan 



Deer. woods, and in Sardinia. 



Hares are distributed all over Italy, on both the mainland and 



islands. The Alpine hares are grey and larger than the rest ; those 



found in Sardinia are dark and small in size. At 



_ , , .^ altitudes above 6,000 feet in the Alps there is a kind 



Rabbits. ^ 



of white hare, which, like the rabbits, burrows in the 

 earth. There are also wild rabbits in Sardinia. 



