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ing the game. We found the ibex again 

 at dawn, but could get no nearer as the 

 cliff proved inaccessible. 



In the evening they moved higher up 

 the nullah. We hoped now to get a chance, 

 as they had got into more possible ground ; 

 but next morning they were nowhere to be 

 seen. So leaving the camp where it was, 

 we worked slowly up the nullah to see if 

 they had gone that way. We had not 

 seen them by eleven, and so the lunch 

 coolie was sent back to bring the bedding 

 up to where we were. No signs of them 

 in the evening, and there was nothing for 

 iubut to go on next day. 

 W Just before dinner I went over to Las- 

 ^soo's fire, and saw them all just about to 

 have dinner. To my surprise they had only 

 chupatties (unleavened cakes) and boiled 

 wild rhubarb. " Not much of a meal to- 

 night, Lassoo," said I. 



" No, sahib." 



" And why so abstemious ? " I asked. 



" Well," Lassoo answered, " the truth of 



