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rocks below, reminding me where I should have gone if 

 at the critical moment I had been the least flurried, or 

 otherwise than collected and calm. The position was 

 rather an awkward one, and that Hans thought so was 

 evident by the anxiety with which he watched the re- 

 sult. 



At last we reached a spot where I was to wait while 

 Hans returned the way he had come, and by making a 

 detour reach the extremity of the Kahr, as such spots are 

 called, and drive the chamois towards my resting-place. 

 It was a knoll about two hundred yards from the base of 

 the wall of rock. 



" He will come along below the rocks, and at farthest 

 'tis always within shot. Keep a sharp look-out, but be 

 careful not to be seen. Make yourself comfortable, for 

 'twill be a long while before I get round." 



" The wind," I said, " is now blowing down over yon- 

 der dip in the ridge, — that's all right j but later, when.- the 

 sun gets higher, and the wind comes from below, don't 

 you think the buck may remark it ?" 



"No; the sun never shines in here. The wind we 

 now have will blow in the same direction all day. Come, 

 lie down," he continued, kicking away the snow, " and 

 above all don't raise your head too much. Adieu, and 

 Weidmann's Heil !"* 



I took off my riicksack, in order to stretch myself upon 

 it, and wrapping my joppe closer round me, for I was in 

 a perspiration from our quick climbing, chose my place, 

 and lay down with my rifle beside me. It is always well, 

 when you are waiting at any spot for game, to recon- 

 noitre the ground, and to note the different places where 

 it is likely to come. By doing so you are not taken 

 by surprise when it does make its appearance, whether it 

 * Synonymous with " Good sport !" 



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