OF SHOOTING AND FISHING = 175 
even a lower animal to allow itself to degenerate, 
and the ease with which it can do this points to 
the artificiality of civilisation. This wretched goat, 
withdrawn for a short century from the elevating 
influence of Spanish association, had dropped to 
the lowest depths. I fancy, however, that it takes 
a lot of early moral training to keep a goat in the 
narrow path. Even the pig of my native land 
might go all to pieces morally were the home in- 
fluences it at present enjoys withdrawn. Joe re- 
gained his spirits considerably when I paid him 
the bonus on the three animals already killed, and 
suggested a drive. He told me that he would cir- 
cle around some rough country, and that in about 
an hour goats would appear between where we were 
and thesea. He would place me in a blind on a cer- 
tain spot and the chances were I should bag some 
good heads as the animals passed on one or the 
other side. After a little rest, we proceeded down 
towards the coast and out upon a rocky eminence 
which commanded a lot of country. Between me 
and the sea cliffs there was a stretch of brush half 
a mile wide; on my right a valley, and brush and 
rocks on my left. The guide would go around the 
hills beyond the valley and drive the goats towards 
where I was. I was painfully hungry at this time, 
but the beauty of the scene was enchanting, and 
the day was not yet too warm. The sea was spar- 
kling in the sunlight far below and had there been a 
palm or two about the scene would have been trop- 
ical—the other vegetation and abundant sunshine 
suggested it. After a long wait a string of goats 
