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mounted. They led us up a long, winding valley, 
the slopes of which grew more wooded as we 
ascended. At last, having arrived at a farm near 
the head, we left our ponies and began to climb 
up through the heavy snowdrifts. We saw 
plenty of deer tracks, butnodeer. The snow was 
very deep, and the uphill climbing was the severest 
T had ever experienced. In places we had to force 
our way through waist-deep drifts, getting our- 
selves soaked to the skin. The first day’s hunt 
proved a failure, but we decided we would change 
our tactics, and go in for drives, thus saving 
ourselves the fatigue and discomfort of working 
through the snow. This method proved far more 
successful, and it was only the somewhat wild 
shooting of some of us that prevented our securing 
a really good bag. 
Following is an example of the way in which 
these drives were carried out. The natives having 
decided on a likely wood, away up towards the 
end of a long valley, stationed us in various posi- 
tions of vantage. I was placed opposite the wood 
on a sunny slope. Buchan was placed at the 
mouth of a side ravine near the end of the wood. 
Douglas and Schréder were placed at intervals 
further up the same ravine. The beaters then 
made a long detour, and reaching the other end 
of the wood, commenced to work through it, 
shouting and yelling as they came. Suddenly 
their cries redoubled, and, looking carefully, I 
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