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‘had seen the beast fall and had made straight for it, wondering what we 
were up to, The horns measured 564 in., a very fair head, and a good 
beginning to my shoot. Leaving the shikaris to skin the beast, I returned 
to camp and sent off some yaks for the meat, The men got in just before 
dark, and brought news of another flock of “ gulga’”’ with two good rams, 
which they had seen on their way back, 
Next morning I was up early, and, opening the fly of my tent to see what 
the weather was like, I spotted a very big red bear walking along on the 
other side of the valley. Of course,a bear was very small game when one 
had “ khubber ” of two big O. poli rams ; still, he looked such a fine fellow 
that I wished he had turned up when I had been ai liberty to attend to him, 
Rakhmat was up on a ridge behind the camp with the telescope, and Dhe 
Khan told me that O. poli were visible from there, On getting up there I 
turned the telescope on them, and made out two of the flock to be as big or 
bigger than the one I had shot. They were lying down, but soon after the 
sun touched them they gut up and began grazing down hill. For some 
hours we watched them until at last they crossed a ridge, and our 
way was clear. We quickly followed, and on arriving on the same ridge 
Dhe Khan spotted a small ram just below us, At the same time the flock 
must have got our wind, as they rushed out of a little nullah they were in 
and:made off up-hill, It wasan easy shot if [ had been able to distinguish 
the big heads, but Rakhmat was behind holding the dogs, which Dhe Khan 
had insisted on bringing out. Putting down the rifle and taking a hasty 
look with the glasses, I made out one of the big ones. He stood for a second 
to the shot, and, though he went on with the others, I knew I had hit him. 
At the next shot he fell, and I turned my attention to the other big ram 
which I made out bringing up the rear. Two shots at about 300 yards were 
misses, but the last was more successful. He was evidently hit, and the rest 
of the flock soon left him behind. Dhe Khan now ran back for his precious 
dogs, and, though I saw that the 0. poli would be easily bagged without them, 
I was rather anxious to see them work, Kneeling in the snow with the three 
dogs held ina leash by his side, Dhe Khan whispered strange noises and 
pointed steadily at the wounded ram, who was now moving slowly up-hill, 
and hard to distinguish against the grey earth. At last a little red dog 
catches sight of him ; Dhe Khan at once sees this and slips him, and the 
little dog goes off as hard as he can lay legs to the ground straight for the 
ram. On the way, however, he comes right on to the dead one, but, stopping 
only an instant to sniff it, goes straight on, and reaching the wounded O. pols 
rushes round it barking furiously, and brings it to bay. The poor beast was 
unable to go any further even if the dog had let him, so I sent Rakhmat off 
with a knife to finish him while I went to look at the dead one, The latter 
measured 58 inches and Rakhmat when ke came back said that the other was 
as large. Dhe Khan now rather astonished me. After I had taken several 
