328 UNKNOWN MONGOLIA 



300 yards was as near as I could get. The shot resulted 

 in a broken front leg. We pursued it for many miles, 

 but to try and catch up with an ammon, which has no 

 more serious wound than this, is pretty hopeless work, 

 and eventually we lost the tracks on a shale slope, and 

 reluctantly had to give it up. 



On the way back to camp we almost rode on to the 

 top of six gazelle feeding in a hollow among the hills. 

 My man advised a drive, as the surest way of getting a 

 shot. From this and subsequent experiences, I have 

 come to the conclusion that gazelle are one of the few 

 beasts that can be successfully driven. They are foolish 

 and inquisitive animals, and can be moved in almost 

 any direction by men who understand their habits. 

 Making a wide detour, I took up my position on a narrow 

 neck connecting the small depression with a much 

 larger one. The Mongol, leading the two horses, then 

 began to move slowly towards my position. Instead of 

 at once clearing out of the neighbourhood, the gazelle 

 began to move slowly towards me. They would trot 

 for a short distance and then wheel round for a look 

 at the man, making a very pretty picture as they bounced 

 about on all four feet at once, whisking their tails, and 

 extending the white hair of their rumps as a danger- 

 signal. When they came within rather less than 100 

 yards of me, I knocked one over, and, at once getting 

 into a sitting position, doubled up two more, just like 

 shot rabbits, as they streamed past at about sixty yards. 

 For running shots like this, a "256 Mannlicher, with a 

 Lyman aperture sight, is, to my mind, the ideal weapon. 

 As trophies they were of no account, being only yearling 

 bucks ; but their meat was a welcome change from the 

 everlasting mutton. The gazelle, with the exception 



