68 IBEX SHOOTING 



Several friends of Lassoo came in at 

 intervals during the day to greet him and 

 to bring information about the adjoining 

 nullahs. These reports were far from 

 satisfactory, so we decided to abstain from 

 harrying the nullahs, and to confine our- 

 selves to our own proper hunting-grounds. 



Next day, therefore, we continued our 

 course for some five or six miles to the 

 village of Metwan, which was the last vil- 

 lage we should see. On arrival we had a 

 careful survey of the hills, and to our joy 

 spotted a herd, with one very fine head in 

 it. We made up our minds to stay there 

 till we should get it, for there was no occa- 

 sion to hurry, as the valley further up was 

 still too deep in snow to be accessible in the 

 shooting sense. 



The afternoon was spent in watching the 

 herd as they left their day's outlook post 

 and came down the hill to their grazing- 

 ground. As they generally spend the night 

 near where they happen to be at nightfall, 



