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doe with two barrels loaded with slugs. In spite 

 of this the bulk of the herd broke past him, but 

 one doe with her kid went downwards. It was 

 touching to see her turn back to encourage the 

 youngster, but the heart of the beginner at 

 chamois-shooting is ruthless, and when the 

 gendarme finally drove them down by pelting 

 them with stones, his Excellency missed the doe 

 handsomely with both barrels, she only giving 

 him a galloping shot. The dead doe, un- 

 fortunately in milk, was, I think, the largest I 

 ever saw, but her horns were not long. 



After this beat I wished to knock off as had 

 been arranged, but the others would not hear of 

 it ; so, in spite of my protests, the beaters were 

 sent to drive back from the far side of the Zeleni 

 Pas, up wind, and thereby completely spoil our 

 chances for next day, whilst we settled down to 

 lunch and discuss the events of the beat. In this, 

 besides chamois, there had been a roedeer (doe) 

 and two bears, one of which the beaters had 

 surprised, as the elders did Susannah, taking a 

 bath in a pool formed by the melting snow. Un- 

 fortunately, although it had been reported to me 

 that there were bears on the Nevesinje side of 

 the Long Eidge, I had not attached much credence 

 to the report, and consequently we were posted 

 much too high up for them to come to the guns. 

 They broke out somewhere below, but apparently 



