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TWO CHAMOIS HUNTS 



We climbed over the ridge and clambered 

 down the other side towards the ravine (a). 

 This was by no means easy going and called 

 for a steady head. Mucksel had kept a sharp 

 eye upon us, and, at sign from Briigger, had 



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followed the buck up the eastern slope. We 

 had hardly reached the bottom of the ravine 

 when the buck, which had been fleeing before 

 Mucksel, appeared over the crest at D, and 

 made, in great leaps and bounds, for the 

 valley. Though I was about four hundred 

 yards away, I decided to try a shot. The 



