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down to the wounded ibex, whom we had seen get under a 

 bush, and found him lying there. On our approach he 

 got up and limped off, but was quickly caught and killed 

 in the orthodox manner. His horns were small, only 

 30 inches. As he lay looking at me when I saw him 

 first I was unable to tell their length, or I should not 

 have fired at him. When the head and skin had been 

 removed we went to where a patch of snow was lying, 

 under some fine old cedars, and had breakfast. 



Before leaving camp in the morning it had been 

 arranged that the tents were to be sent down to Jutyal 

 village, and that we were to make our way there by the 

 evening. So about 2 p.m. the shikari and I left the place 

 where we had breakfasted to examine the hillside further 

 up the valley. 



Shortly after starting, we were struck by seeing a 

 number of crows and one or two kites near some rocks 

 a little above us. As this seemed odd we went up to 

 see what they were after, and found the second ibex 

 lying dead, the buck at which I had fired the second and 

 third shots. The bullet had caught him close to the 

 tail, and had gone up into his body. He had gone 

 about a quarter of a mile with this severe wound before 

 dropping, and there was not a trace of blood on his track 

 except close to where he fell. The horns when measured 

 were found to be only 26 inches, and the ibex should not, 

 of course, have been fired at. But it is impossible to judge 

 the size properly when an animal is bolting, and many a 

 small pair of horns is obtained in this way by a shot at a 

 flying beast. 



After sending off Chand and the spare coolie with 



