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the buck's head, and on giving the preconcerted 

 signal of a whistle, he was hauled up by the gang, 

 who again threw down the cord for me. I climbed 

 up the rope easily enough, but had great difficulty in 

 scrambling over the crest, as my eyes were nearly 

 filled with sand, which fell from the sides. At last 

 I managed it, and we commenced the operation of 

 skinning, that occupied us nearly an hour, after 

 which we commenced our descent, and taking the 

 head and skin of the sambur en route arrived at the 

 tent just before sunset. During the next five days 

 we hunted over these grounds, bagging thirteen ibex 

 and a couple of bison, a herd of which animals came 

 early one morning close to our tent, after which we 

 returned to Ooty. 



