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far when I heard Harmony running behind us, 

 and presently the others joined her. After they 

 had been running for about twenty minutes the 

 cry unaccountably ceased, just as it was getting 

 near us. I heard hounds once again further down 

 the stream, but only for a minute. Of course 

 Didic said it was chamois ; but I believe it was 

 only a fox, and that he got to ground. The fact 

 is, there was not enough snow above to drive the 

 chamois down here, and I doubt if there often 

 is till the season is over. This year there 

 certainly was not, for I revisited the ground 

 three or four times, but only to find it covered 

 with flocks and herds on each occasion. 



Presently the ridge divided, and we followed 

 the southern part down through a wood (which 

 the old man said was very good for roe) to the 

 stream, where we found Duran, and where the 

 hounds joined us. After I had had some lunch, 

 we had a steep climb up to the road by which 

 I had originally come to Glavaticevo. One final, 

 and blank, drive for roe ended the day. This 

 was a disappointment — ten hours out, and a lot 

 of climbing for nothing. Both the men had 

 nothing to say except, " Plenty of game in the 

 Visocica; " so I decided to make this the ground 

 of my next expedition, even though it involved 

 sleeping in a native hut. 



It was, unfortunately, too late for me to think 



