MY FIRST IBEX 31 



" What will you do if he grazes this way, 

 because between us will be all open snow ? " 



"We shall have to go home and try 

 again to-morrow." 



" But it may take a week at that rate to 

 get even a shot !" 



" Yes ; but a week is better than a 

 month." 



" Well, any way, the wind is favourable, 

 and blowing from him towards us." 



" Yes, just now ; but it may change." 



" But I'm sure he will graze the other 

 way, and then we shall have his ridge 

 between us, and will only have to get 

 across that bit of snow, and from there 

 there 's lots of cover." 



Lassoo turned his face towards me and 

 said : 



" Sahib, that 's just the point : now listen 

 to me. You see that ibex, and you see 

 where we are ; there 's nothing between us 

 except two hundred yards of open snow 

 and some three hundred yards of broken 

 ground beyond. Once over that snow and 



