4i6 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap, xxiii 



lumbering canter. Over the crest we caught sight of a 

 ten-pointer, about 150 yards off, with forty hinds. As 

 before, I considered it too soon to fire at him, and we 

 went on. About ten o'clock we sat down for the day on 

 the ridge, where it commanded a good view of the parts 

 of the Reserve bare of trees. About five o'clock, having 

 seen nothing, we went up the hillside, for, when leaving 

 the camp in the morning, I had arranged to have the tents 

 sent up to the top of the ridge which forms the boundary 

 of the Reserve on that side. 



The 5th was another blank. We got a glimpse of 

 a black bear, and saw the ten-pointer of the day before 

 again. After dinner it came on to rain. It had been 

 gloomy and cold all day, and slight showers had fallen, 

 so I had taken the precaution to have a good trench dug 

 round my tent. It was well I had done so, for the rain 

 was fairly heavy most of the night. 



I did not go out till the afternoon on the 6th, and 

 saw nothing worth stalking. 



On the 7th, as we did not seem to gain anything by 

 being on the ridge, I resolved to go back to Kamla, the 

 village we were in the first day. Orders were given 

 accordingly, and we spent the day as usual, but saw 

 nothing except an eight-pointer. 



On the following day (the 8th) we went up a ridge 

 towards the southern side of the glen, and I passed 

 another pleasant day, basking in the sunshine, and ad- 

 miring the lovely panorama below me. Of game we saw 

 nothing at all till the evening, when, as we were making 

 our way downwards, we saw what we took to be a family 

 of black bears — the father, mother, and two cubs. One, 



