IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 20.°, 



half an hour, when " Whew ! whew ! " the alarm- 

 whistle of a chamois, caught my ear. It pro- 

 ceeded from the Maligradac facing me, which 

 was little if at all higher than my own position. 

 Although I sat down for a quarter of an hour, 

 I utterly failed to locate the animal, and could 

 only suppose it to be among some shrub which 

 crowned the hill. Less than ten minutes later 

 I caught sight, in quite the opposite direction, 

 of the backs of three chamois galloping behind 

 some rocks — no doubt part of a herd. They were 

 taking the direction of the Zeleni Pas, and I 

 dare say I might have repeated my earliest stalk 

 then, but I always made it a rule to satisfy myself 

 with one a day, and rested quite content with my 

 solitaire. 



NOTE TO CHAPTER XXIX. 



The following is the measurement of the big horns referred 

 to, which were obtained in the Porim Eange by my friend 

 Lieutenant Eberhard Hollinek in 1892 : length lOf inches, 

 greatest girth 3| inches, span 7£ inches. Contrast my two 

 best pairs : (1) length 10f inches, girth 3 inches, span 4| 

 inches; (2) length 10 inches, girth 3 § inches, span 5£ inches. 



