A LOVELY MARK. 195 



made nothing of boulders and precipices. 

 But curiosity is not the weakness of woman 

 only, and the frightened beasts could not 

 resist the temptation to take one look back at 

 the strange creature that had so terrified 

 them. 



What a lovely mark that chamois made, 

 standing just a few feet above the rest of the 

 herd, feet all together and head turned back 

 over his shoulder to gaze. Xot a broadside 

 shot, nor offering too large a mark, but show- 

 ing just the right part of his body to the 

 sportsman and standing out in such bold 

 relief against the sky that a miss at one hun- 

 dred and fifty yards would have been im- 

 possible. Imat set up a shout like a fool, 

 when the buck pitched right through the 

 herd below, and went rolling half a day's 

 march down the hill at a pace which looked 

 dangerous for the integrity of his horns. 

 After this, by still following the herd, I got 



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