SAKDINIA AND ITS WILD SHEKl' 3r. 



or the reverse. T will content myself witli snying that 

 notwithstanding (juite an epitlemic of misses, we secured 

 nine moufion and one hoar, all hy fair stalking. 



I will eonehide this chapter with a suggestion or two 

 thai may he useful to any one who may follow in our 

 footsteps. If he understands stalking, hy all means let 

 him take a telescope, which must he usetl with industry 

 and i)erseverance. Nor let him he content with luokino- 

 the oTound over once or twice. In su(di covert an animal 

 may be hidden one minute and exposed the next. If lie 

 must drive, let him avoid surrounding himself with a tribe 

 of natives. Two or three are enough to drive a wide area 

 for sheep. Let them drive, wdiile he puts himself in the 

 h(>.'<f post. His iiuli\i(hi;d chance will lie as good or better 

 than if the ridge were lined with impetuous natives. The 

 headquarters should be as far as possible from a town. 

 A few Italian cigars carried in the pocket are the best 

 passport. The best season for stalking moutlon woul<l 

 probablv be the summer, when they are liigli up on the 

 peaks where the rucks are nearly bare : but there ina\ he 

 danger of fever until October. Su])]>lies should be fetched 

 everv two or three dnvs from the n<'arest town bv a man 

 on horseback. To avoid the necessitv of carrvino- much 

 monev. a sum -liould be deposited with some agent there, 

 and everything paid tor through him. 1 f the spoilsman 

 carries a irood stock of wholesome incredulitw and relies 

 upon his own judgment, he will enjoy liimself If he 

 discovers mv particular preserve. I lio]>e he will ukjvc on 

 to some other equally good, or, shouhl I find him in nn- 

 quarters, tfiere might be a bad case of rrii(b'(l<i,. 



