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big boulder and went on, but upon arriving at the summit 

 I was unable to see the first lot. There were some others 

 farther along, however, and the shikari and I went after 

 them. It was an awful climb, and in the end I was so 

 done that I had to lie down under a precipice from sheer 

 exhaustion, and while there a ram came and looked over 

 the top, and I dropped him. The kill necessitated our 

 climbing the precipice, which occupied a lot of time. 

 On the return journey to camp I stalked another herd, 

 and killed the best ram in it, but both animals shot were 

 small, and I was not a little disappointed. Saw another 

 lot towards evening. After a long stalk I managed the 

 biggest ram of a herd of ten, only a moderate head, 

 however. 



On Thursday morning we again started out at dawn, 

 and had got well into the high jagged rocks when we 

 came upon a fine ram with one ewe feeding. It was not 

 sufficiently light for me to see properly, although the sheep 

 were not more than 100 yards off. N - therefore took 

 the shot, and missed. As they went away I could only 

 see them indistinctly, but I fired, and shot the ewe, much 

 to my disgust. Just then a ram jumped up from amongst 



the rocks on our left, and N dropped him a very 



nice animal. In the evening I went for a climb alone ; 

 sighted a large ram coming down the precipice opposite 

 me, and I sat down and waited. He was in no hurry, 

 however, and was very soon joined by a smaller ram 

 and four ewes. After waiting nearly an hour I took 

 a shot at him across the valley, but, misjudging distance, 

 missed him clean. Friday morning I set out with the 

 shikari on another stiff climb while it was still dusk. We 

 came across a flock of baral with a good ram. They were 



