22 HUNTING CAMPS. 



the top ds the guanaco. As he 



he dogs saw him and got a splendid start. 



uade off along the lake-shore to the right, 



and, waiting for no more, I ran for my horse. By the 



I had mounted the chase had disappeared, but, 



^ to the summit of the 1 almost ran 



into the guanaco, who was i in a circle. 



He was travelling at high and quite holding his 



own with Tom. , The double he made to evade me 



brought the dogs wi >f him, and I, 



\ them. 



For the first half-mile the ground with 



rub that it was all in favour of the buck, but 



y leaving this we passed out on to the long, 



g, open pampa, where Tom began to gain, and, 



i .he ground magnificently, closed in on the 



.g him and The 





by the 

 ;, be a i 

 up I finished the 



ster with the buck Tom improved in 

 eventually gaining some very honourable 

 wounds in a combat with a Magellan wolf. 1 i 

 that long runs pressed hard on the hounds, ;? 

 and left them sorefooted. In fact, unless they 



ito the guanaco within the first four hundred yards, 

 the chase generally ended in the quart olear 



awa\ ;x-ciail\ ground w teep. 



In rt iches the sanu 



with th-. tir start, 





