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(from which we named it Cahfornia) ; 

 gooral, tahir, and serow were numerous ; 

 and towards the head of the valley, the 

 ground looked very like burrell. An 

 extended beat was arranged next day, and 

 we made sure of making up a good bag, but 

 were doomed to disappointment by an error 

 of the beaters, who started before we had 

 arrived at our stations ; as it was, we only 

 killed a female serow, and saw a good many 

 musk-deer during the morning, we killed 

 three in the afternoon. We sent a man to 

 the head of the valley, to see whether we 

 could get up without much trouble ; but he 

 reportecT the way up to be so bad, and also 

 the impossibility of finding a spot whereon 

 to pitch a tent, that we gave up the idea, 

 and changing our ground, beat for musk- 

 deer, bagging eight, during the next two 

 days. 



Returning to our old camp at Kooar, we 

 halted there the first of June, shot in the 

 neighbourhood the next, and the following 

 day, without much success; on the latter, I 



