SOME HUNTING CAMPS 



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I had shot my first huemul. Although we hunted during the 

 afternoon we saw nothing, but on the following day, when starting 



THE OFF-SADDLE 



for our ride, we sighted three huemules, two does and a young 

 buck, in the scrub of a stream which enters the lake, some miles to 

 the east of the River de los Antiguos. In the evening of that 

 day, af er fording the River Fenix, and about eight miles out of 

 Horsham Camp, a huemul buck dashed across about a fcouple of 

 hundred yards ahead of us, and I, taking a very hasty aim, was 

 fortunate enough to bring him to the ground. We had difficulty 

 for a (ew moments in finding him, as he had gone head over heels 

 into some scrub in a fissure of the hillside. 



During this hunting trip, which I have described, we neither 

 desired nor endeavoured to make a large bag ; in fact, I think that 



