THE KASHMIR DEER. 185 



I have often thought that grand sport might be obtained in some of the gently sloping 

 valleys of Kashmir, by hunting the Bara Sing with hounds, and either shooting the stags at 

 the passes, or killing them with the knife when at bay in the water. To do this, however, one 

 would require good and staunch hounds that might be depended upon to seize the stag and 

 keep their hold. I have never had the opportunity of trying the experiment. 



I do not, as a rule, approve of the use of dogs for hunting large game, but in the case 

 of animals that will not leave the dense forests, I think that an exception may be made. 



