428 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR ch. xxiii 



Out of the 97 days spent after game, 34 were entirely 

 blank, nothing fit to shoot being seen, while on 27 days, 

 though what were believed to be shootable heads were 

 discovered, it was for some reason or other found im- 

 possible to shoot. So that on 61 out of 97 days of 

 legitimate hunting, not a shot was fired. Of the remain- 

 ing 36 days, on each of which the rifle was let off, shots 

 were missed on 10, and game was bagged on 26. In 

 other words, it may be roughly estimated that a sports- 

 man, on a six or eight months trip, is likely to spend half 

 his leave in travelling, a sixth of it in halting, and only 

 about one-third in actually searching for game. 



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