SARDINIA AND ITS WILD SIIEKP 3 



T was convinced tliat, being slieop, they must feed in tlie 

 open, and tliereforc might be honestly spied and stalked. 

 Possessed by this idea, I had engaged Celestin, keenest of 

 chamois hunters, cheeriest of companions — 11i()iil;1i he 

 knew no wi^'ld wider tlinn his own mountain valley, ilis 

 friend licnjainiu had begged to be allowed to come too, 



CELESTIX. 



content to be a hewei- of wood ;ind drawer of w.'ilcr with- 

 out pa\- ifoiiK' he miglit see some new thing. These two 

 joined us at Genoa, and were eyed suspiciously l)y the 

 swallow-tailed waiters when their iron-clad boots clinked 

 alonsi the marble halls. 



My immediate com]>nnions were G , one of those 



ovci'worked count i\ luinkers wlio are ('X])('cted to shoot 

 with their eustunicrs four days a week, and F , ui ihe 



