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they undertook to leave for me at Kussowlie on their journey to 
the plains, where they were due for duty a few days later. ‘They 
stayed a couple of days with some of their old friends of my 
regiment en route, and in addition to the above-named valued gifts 
Capt. J. most kindly left for me a good pair of Ibex horns and a 
couple of Marmot skins out of a lot he told me he had purchased 
from some wandering Tartars. I need not say how fired my 
imagination was by these hunters’ descriptions of travel and 
sport, and how I longed for a share of the like; but in these days 
it was difficult, almost impossible, for a medical officer to get 
“long leave” in India, and I had never obtained more than a 
month or six weeks at a time. I once made a start for the 
interior on three months’ leave, but was recalled before I had 
gone six marches, on account of cholera breaking out in the 
station where my regiment was. 
Muttecana, Oct. 11th. — Tried for Monaul again, starting for 
yesterday’s ground at dawn, ordering breakfast to follow. Heard 
Monaul calling or rather whistling all around, and looked out for 
a good time with them; but I was in bad luck, and only bagged 
one bird, a fine cock, losing another hard hit. T. got a brace, 
and that was all we did. Oosrao begged for my gun for the rest 
of the day (he had only one old single-barrel of his own), and put 
us both to shame by bringing in at nightfall five beautiful Monauls, 
three cocks and two hens, all of which were prepared next day. 
T. tried a distant part of the forest in the afternoon, but could 
not get within shot of them, although he said he saw them 
dashing down the hill on all sides of him. I shot a Ghoral on 
the way home, and wounded and afterwards bagged a second, 
which was very good shikur, as I was not looking out for them. 
I fired at no small bird to-day, and took no small shot out with 
me. I saw what I believe was a Golden Eagle perched on a lofty 
erag, and tried, but in vain, to circumvent him; and the only bird 
I secured was a handsome Honey Buzzard, Pernis cristata, with 
half-grown crest. I got a second at Koteghur, and only two or 
three ever afterwards. ‘T’. had ridden back a short way on the 
Theog Road, having had tidings of a Bear, but saw no signs of 
_him. He brought in, however, a brace of Kalij Pheasants and a 
brace of Wood Partridges, and had a shot at a Ghoral, but 
missed. We went to bed early, resolved to have another shy at 
Monaul on the morrow. 
ZOOLOGIST.— OCTOBER, 1886. 2H 
