THE CHAMOIS 



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and where game is very closely guarded, the mountains fre- 

 quented by chamois are low, hardly reaching beyond timber- 

 line, and so easy to ascend as to almost allow a man on horse- 



The spy chamois 



back to climb their slopes. Here stalking is sometimes easier 

 than deer stalking is in Scotland, for there is more cover for 

 the sportsman. In an easy country such as this, a rigorous 

 .day and night watch has to be kept up, and poaching is made 



