rtKrOLLECTTOX^; OF rTTA^rOTs IirXTlXC -ul 



I t>ttcii huiiiil cliaiuois, again, uu llic alxivc-iiu'iiliuinil 

 grcc'ii plaleau ; and on one occasion T s])io(l anion'j: a sniall 

 liord a yonno- Imck willi a cnrious (Idniiiiily. Our of his 

 horns curved forwards instead of 1 tack wards. T was very 

 anxious to possess myself of tliis trophy. Imt Sjiinas took 

 me up too close. TIk'V got notice of our approach, and in 

 the confusion of their dcnartuic I couM not distinouish 

 the one 1 wanted. The horn of a chamois is supported on 

 a core of l»unv sul)stancc whicli rises from the skull. Some 

 accident amono- the rocks must have wrenched this horn 

 round on its pi\ot. 



To rt'tui'H to tlic da\' in (|uestion — wliilc Cloof and 

 Spinas continutMl to look foi' the hig hei'd, 'lohaiui and I went 

 farther \\\<. We now fouiKl ourselves on the edge of the 

 deep trt'Hch 111" the S]ioI raviuc. and proceeded to search, 

 wilh ui'cat rare, thr eliaus of rocks, gullies, and iir scrul), 

 wliich faced us on the opposite slope ; for the day was now 

 well advanced and verv liot. and the greater the heat, the 

 more do chamois withdraw themselves into concealment, 

 creeping into hushes and holes in the rock. I jioii tlie 

 thoroughness of this work depends oui' Intpe of sport for 

 the dav. Not onl\' is it necessary to find the o-ame. 

 lint to make sure that there are no others near iliein 

 who niiijht he started ]n tlie course oi the stalk, and so 

 disturl) thcMn. Tin* occu]>ation i>< ahsorbing, and there is 

 dead silence, till afier half-andionr .loliann says : "■ Xow 1 

 see three in the /ttj-jo/ircn.' " Win ic .' 'Vy\ the great 

 rock under the liiilr cjitl'. As thei-e are millions of ijreat 

 roi-ks in \iew. and a lhon>aiid lit I h' cli(r<. i his is vague, and 

 shows that .lohann has not huiiled much m conipanx . lor 

 there is a ceitaiii art in de.->cril)ing the exact position <if a 



