214 THE CHEEL PINE. 



He was leading, and all at once called out 

 that he could not proceed, neither could he 

 return, I fortunately told him to turn upwards, 

 which he managed to do ; had he slipped or 

 gone on, I should never have seen him again. 

 He turned up, and we got out of the scrape, 

 the torches meeting us just in time to be too 

 late. This happened within half a mile of 

 the tents. 



The gum of the cheel is held in great 

 estimation, for its healing qualities, through- 

 out the hills. 



Wilson on the 14th killed another old male, 

 having followed the herd from eight o'clock 

 in the morning till sunset ; the ibex was shot 

 so high upon the snow, that it was left all 

 night where it fell. During the next week, 

 we found that the ibex, having been so often 

 disturbed, had left the valley, and when once 

 they are really on the move, they go a long 

 way. 



On the Fiiday before we left the valley 

 in which we had such good sport, we found a 

 flock of ibex on the glacier, in the evening. 



