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CHAPTER VI. 



SHIKAR IN THE WURDWAN. 



4th JUNE. Up the valley, through some beautiful 

 grassy bottoms along the stream, most likely places for 

 the resort of game. But we got over some miles of 

 ground, ere any glimpse of an animal was obtained : then 

 some ibex were seen up the mountain, which before long, 

 scared by some cause unknown, were seen in rapid 

 career to the inaccessible summits. 



We soon moved on : but in the gorge where the ibex 

 were seen a bear was descried, and the ground being 

 favourable we gained his neighbourhood, and a shot from 

 the Enfield smote him in the shoulder. He made off, 

 but after receiving several more shots was brought rolling 

 down. 



We continued our course up the valley, still through 

 most promising coverts, far the prettiest shooting ground 

 I had seen ; we saw traces of bara sing, and numerous of 

 bears, and halted for the day in a clear space, there to 

 await the evening. Snow fell, and it became bitterly 

 cold. We took shelter under some firs, and after a time 



