1 88 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



so !" But the work was to no purpose, for we saw no 

 game. 



On the 2 ist I moved from Chugam Nullah to a 

 nullah some ten miles away, whose name I could not 

 gather from the shikaris' pronunciation, though it 

 sounded like " Zine." Here we camped in a pretty 

 grove of trees beside the Kamri River, very swift and 

 of a beautiful green, quite unlike the usual dirty 

 brown of these snow-fed streams. The rain still 

 poured, and after tiffin I had changed into com- 

 fortable dry clothes and was sitting on the floor of 

 my tent, congratulating myself that the day's work 

 was over and that I could conscientiously indulge 

 in an afternoon's rest, when a coolie bolted into 

 camp with the news that a herd of sharpu were on 

 the mountain above camp. We ascended at a pace 

 which left nothing to be desired, only to see the whole 

 herd disappear as we came within range. A second, 

 later alarm brought me out and up the mountain 

 again ; but I soon found that what had been taken 

 for a sharpu was a stray calf from one of the vil- 

 lages below. By supper-time I would not have left 

 camp again to shoot the biggest sharpu head in crea- 

 tion, my intentions and energies being by that time 

 wholly and unreservedly concentrated on the deli- 

 cious meal which Thomas well knew would be 

 required after such a disheartening day's work. 



