88 IBEX SHOOTING 



there were partially melted patches, look- 

 ing just as if the hillside had been powdered, 

 while all over the place the wet rocks were 

 glinting in the sunlight. 



The herd was about two miles off, and 

 not visible, even through the binoculars. 

 In the search for it through the telescope 

 landmarks were the only guide. " They 

 are just by that big red cliff," Lassoo would 

 say, or " near that shiny rock." The skilled 

 use of the telescope is difficult of attain- 

 ment, and it is a long time before one gets 

 anything like handy with it. Imagine your- 

 self looking through the glass ; its field is 

 very small, only a circle of some ten yards 

 in diameter. All that is to be seen is per- 

 haps an immense rock or a very clearly 

 defined tree, which not being visible to the 

 naked eye is not recognizable, and affords 

 no clue : it is difficult to decide what the 

 next step should be. The best way for a 

 beginner is to have a look first with bin- 

 oculars, and fix points in relation to the 

 animals in the mind's eye ; these, when he 



