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game was too strenuous, and at last I sat down on 

 a spur of rock to recover my breath, with the 

 goral somewhere in a ravine below me. The 

 wily animal stole up from the ravine under cover 

 of rocks and bushes, and actually passed within 

 a few feet of me. As soon as he was past me he 

 must have started running, for I heard a slight 

 noise, and looking round, saw him scampering 

 off up the ridge. Using a rock on which to rest 

 my rifle, I tried several shots, but it was no use. 

 The terrible strain I had undergone, tearing back 

 and forth over the rough mountain side to keep 

 the active animal from getting back amongst the 

 peaks, had used me up and I could not stead}^ my 

 aim, and to my unspeakable chagrin and disap- 

 pointment the goral escaped over the crest of the 

 ridge. He passed Warrington and the beaters 

 unobserved, and was well on his way to some 

 high peaks behind the one where w^e had first 

 surprised him, when he nearly fell foul of Schroder 

 and Brodie. These two, with a couple of beaters, 

 had been gradually working round towards us, 

 when, hearing our shots, they sat down to see if any 

 game would be driven their way. Presently they 

 saw our goral come trotting along, heading straight 

 for them. Just as he was within easy range one 

 of the beaters coughed. Like a flash the active 

 animal, rendered doubly so by his recent experiences 

 with us, dodged behind some rocks. When next they 

 saw him he was out of range cHmbing a distant ridge. 



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