324 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



beast go. The men took the skin and some of the meat. 

 We saw one more buck in the valley, but could not get 

 within range. 



As we were going down the last ravine, and were 

 about 2 miles from the tents, which were plainly in 

 sight, a couple of bucks which had been lying down 

 close to the head of the stream jumped up on seeing us 

 approach. We got off our ponies, and letting the ante- 

 lope move off out of sight, followed quickly. They went 

 along the hillside in full view of the camp, and my wife 

 was called out of her tent to see them. As soon as they 

 had disappeared over a ridge to the north of the camp 

 we raced on, and lying down below the crest of the ridge, 

 I crawled forward, and caught sight of the pair going 

 up the opposite side of the hollow. They were about 

 200 yards off, and I, being tired after a long day and 

 partly out of breath, missed with the three shots I had 

 before they disappeared. 



Altogether, in the two days I was out, I had seen 13 

 shootable buck, fired at 11, and bagged 6, so I had every 

 reason to be content. As I did not want any more 

 antelope, I settled to leave next morning, but I wished 

 particularly to return to the Marsemik La via Chang 

 Burma, to see if I could not pick up a decent Ovis amnion. 

 On inquiring, however, I found that there was not enough 

 flour in camp to last the men for the time it would take 

 us by that route, and that it was necessary to go back the 

 way we had come so as to meet the man bringing out 

 food from Pobrang. 



I was therefore obliged reluctantly to give orders to 

 retrace our steps next day, but said that an effort must be 



