CHAPTER XXXIII 



THAR 



THE 1 3th June 1909 seemed to be going to 

 be a lucky day. At dawn, already, the shikaris 

 reported having seen a herd of thar, with several 

 good bucks amongst them. And we even suc- 

 ceeded in getting within shooting distance of 

 them. But oh, that trickiness of fate, about 

 which Professor Fischer has written quite a big 

 book ! 



"A slice of bread-and-butter always falls on 

 the buttered side ! " 



This time it was stones that fell. A miniature 

 land -slip suddenly started helter-skelter on its 

 journey just above the spot where the herd was 

 quietly grazing. Loosened by the spring sunshine, 

 the pebbles tumbled head over heels into the valley 

 and frightened the thar away. 



They look very much like our domestic ram, 

 but their horns are a good deal shorter. 



In the course of the same day I had the luck 



to get a shot at three bears and one musk-deer. 



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