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fire again before the animals are entirely 

 out of long range. If you can keep con- 

 cealed so much the better, as their attention 

 will then be partially distracted by not 

 knowing the exact quarter from whence the 

 reports proceed ; but even if you unavoidably 

 expose yourself, they will often move away 

 slowly, frequently standing to look at you. 

 In this respect they diifer from almost every 

 other animal, going off with as much non- 

 chalance when you come close upon them, 

 as when distiu'bed by your appearance half 

 a mile distant ; my boy and his brother, 

 when we were moving camp one day (having 

 my double gun and an old rifle), killed seven, 

 and they said they could have killed the 

 whole flock had they had a sufiicient number 

 of bullets. I also remember that the burrell 

 they brought in, supplied us just in the very 

 nick of time, for we had no meat, having 

 only killed a bear ourselves, and it is not 

 fashionable to eat bear's flesh in the 

 Himalayas, although considered a delicacy 

 in other parts of the world. 



