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that the one which was dead had received a single bullet, 

 which had gone through from back to chest. The other 

 had got three, one through his left hind leg, and two 

 through back and stoniach. As, from its position, the 

 wound in the leg could not have been caused by any of 

 the last three shots, I concluded that this was the beast 

 whose blood we had followed. The horns were not as 

 good as I had expected them to be ; one was 32I- inches 

 long by 16 inches in girth, the other 34:^- inches by i6|- 

 inches. 



When the horns had been measured, the heads were 

 cut off and the carcases buried under rocks, till men could 

 be sent for the meat. It was about half-past two when 

 the cutting up was begun, and in an hour afterwards we 

 started for the camp. The pony-man carried the two 

 heads and some meat, which made a heavy load, and the 

 trudge back was very laborious for all. The Kashmiri 

 and I had splitting headaches, and coming down the 

 granite blocks shook us woefully. We reached the tent 

 by the spring about 6 p.m., when all I could do was to 

 have a little soup and lie down. 



Next morning opened with a smart shower of rain, 

 and rolling clouds along the hillsides rendered it impossible 

 to see any distance ; so we made for the main camp at 

 Sangtha, rain falling most of the way there. There 

 were many reasons for going to Sangtha. I knew that 

 the wounded ram was so slightly hit that he was not 

 likely to lag behind the rest anywhere, and the clouds and 

 rolling mist made it nearly impossible to see any distance, 

 and consequently materially increased the difficulty of 

 finding him. The men all wanted a rest, as I did 



