SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER 



most pig, he swerved to one side. The others 

 followed suit, but before the last one had passed 

 I managed to reverse my rifle once more, and, 

 firing from the hip, hit him in the jaw. The 

 wounded animal broke away from the rest of the 

 sounder, and, trying to cross a deep water-course, 

 fell an easy mark to my second shot. 



Besides the pigs we secured some roedeer and 

 eared pheasants, this being the first occasion on 

 which I had actually seen the latter, though I had 

 often heard them without knowing what they 

 were. 



Two of the roedeer were bagged on the last day 

 of the year, while I was out hunting for something 

 w4th which to furnish our New Year's dinner. 



Accompanied by my trapper, who carried my 

 shot-gun, I was making my way up a broad 

 ravine the sides of which were heavily timbered. 

 There was a large open space near the head of the 

 ravine, and a woodman's path led up through the 

 woods to this spot, enabling us to get quietly 

 through the woods to the edge of the glade. Some 

 five hundred yards up the slope were three fine 

 bucks quietly grazing. Leaving the trapper in 

 the shelter of the woods, I dropped upon my 

 hands and knees and wormed my way over the 

 ground. Taking care not to break any dry twigs 

 or to disturb any leaves, I made my way slowly up 

 towards the unsuspecting deer. By making the 

 best use of a slight dip in the ground and a few 



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