RECOLLECTIONS OV CHAMOIS HUNTING 



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luiijili'ly, it prowil lo be one which IjoloiigcJ to aiiollicr 

 ririe. It was too ^hort or too sliar]), and oitlicr missed 

 firo altooetlier. ov huii- so 1)adly as to amount to the same 

 thino-. The results were calculated to soui' t1ic tempei-. 

 I got a runnino; shot and W(»uii(hMl a o-ood buck. He 



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almost immediately stop])ed, offering- a. ea|)ital chance, 

 when the rille nii.-sed Jire. \\ c were abh' lo kec'[) Jiini in 

 view with the ii'lass till he hiv dnwn far above us. but it 

 was then I'hi liti- !<• ImIIhw aii<l we never saw him au'ain. 

 While we were thus eno-iioed. aimlhci- buck had seen us, 

 and taking us, I su])pose, for a ri\,d.as tlic\- will smuetimes 

 do at the end nf Sept ember, liad a]>proached within 

 shootinu" distance. The whistle »•!' .il.iini he u'ave when 

 he discu\-ered his mistake w,is ihe lii>i w,•lrnin^■ we had 

 of his presence, ami even then lie was not (piite sure of 



