THE GOOLJA SHOT. 259 



My first bullet had caught him on the horn, 

 and just saved his shoulder, as he turned at the 

 moment of firing ; the second struck him on the 

 haunch and smashed his thigh. 



The head was not large, measuring about 50 

 inches ; but it was a very effective one, spread- 

 ing out well, and looking much bigger than it 

 really was. 



There were no more animals on this range. 

 We therefore prepared to move on towards Alai, 

 which is on the other side of Kara-kul, and thus 

 on my homeward route. 



From where we were the line to be taken was 

 by the Kizil Art Pass, so sending the camp on in 

 that direction, I proceeded myself in search of 

 further spoil. I came across a herd, but could 

 not get on terms with them : something must 

 have scared them, they were thoroughly un- 

 settled. So I tried again the following day, and 

 found my friends about ten miles away, feeding 

 in the grassy bottom of a deep ravine. It was 

 not an easy stalk, the wind being in the wrong 

 direction, and I had to go a long way up the 

 sky-line before a descent could be made upon 

 them. At last getting into the watercourse 

 where they were, and crawling cautiously round 



