206 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



our game on, or rather just over, the position 

 we were about to occupy, but of course it could 

 not be helped. We should have taken higher 

 ground, but the couloirs leading to the upper 

 ridges were deep in snow, and it would have 

 taken us all day to get there. Had we had no 

 beaters, we might have drawn off on first sighting 

 our game, and then, descending to the great 

 ravine, worked up it to a higher level, and done 

 an effective stalk. But the snow might have 

 made it difficult ; at any rate, it would have 

 taken all day. 



Lunch over, we descended to the sheepfold, 

 where our ponies were waiting, patiently grazing. 

 We all preferred walking to riding down such 

 ground, and went on foot to the plain. Here we 

 met the two others returning, who ingenuously 

 said they had seen no chamois. After a cup of 

 coffee at Miric', we drove home, reaching there 

 before the cry of the muezzins from the minarets 

 summoned the faithful to evening prayer. 



The buck was brought in next day, or the one 

 after, but I never saw it, as the Sub-Prefect, in 

 accordance with his instructions, sent it off to the 

 museum at Sarajevo ; 



" And there it stands unto this day, 

 To witness if I lie." 



This was the last occasion on which I used 

 the little weapon that had been my companion in 



