246 IN ALBANIA 



ping over my head In a lazy and tempting 

 manner. 



After lunch, we had to walk some little 

 way to our positions, which, being on an 

 open hillside, would have been excellent 

 for shooting, but, unfortunately, the beat was 

 entirely blank. After this we did little more 

 than turn round whilst the men beat a belt 

 of thick covert running down to a lakelet 

 with marshy banks. Unfortunately, this side 

 of the hill w^as much more covered with 

 thorn bushes. The beat was approaching its 

 end when I caught sight of a boar passing 

 some hundred yards below me. I could see 

 little more than the withers, but there was 

 little chance of a better view, so I took a 

 snap-shot, the only effect of which was, as 

 the tracks subsequently proved, to increase 

 his pace ; but the shot was followed by ear- 



