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kind of grass that grew there : in his time he 

 had killed several of them there. This seemed 

 an unusual opportunity, and I told him I should 

 like to shoot a specimen. He replied it was 

 very unlikely we should get another, for now 

 that the snow lay about, they went away to the 

 heart of the desert, and did not return to drink 

 at the pools until it had all disappeared, as the 

 snow sufficed for their wants. However, we 

 might try, and failing my getting one, I could 

 take this head and skin. 



I tried some camel-steak for dinner, but found 

 it very tough. 



The specimen the shikari had brought back 

 was a full-grown female, and, judging by her 

 teeth, pretty old. She must have been a very 

 handsome beast, and in size much the same 

 as the tame species. The head was beautifully 

 shaped, and showed high breeding very broad 

 across the forehead, with a tapering muzzle. In 

 colour the hair was a bluish grey, rather short, 

 but close and fine, with an undergrowth of 

 pus km ; on the head it was so fine as to be 

 more like fur. The humps, of which there were 

 two, were small, and the animal altogether quite 



