GOAT GLEN 11 
The Goat Glen mentioned before is a branch of the 
San-yu-tung, and is so called from its being inhabited 
by a species of wild goat. Owing to the wildness and 
precipitous nature of the locality, it seems to be par- 
ticularly adapted to their habits. 
Picture to yourself a deep valley, with the entrance 
very narrow and steep, widening out here and there 
into broad cup-shaped expansions almost surrounded 
.by unscalable precipices, and here and there huge 
piles of enormous boulders lying in the greatest con- 
fusion, a small stream of water running through 
the centre fed by several rivulets, plants of almost 
innumerable species, many being of great beauty, 
growing in every possible place, and some idea may 
be formed of this exquisite gorge. 
It may be imagined that in such a place it is not 
easy to get.a shot at the goats, particularly as they con- 
ceal themselves in the luxuriant vegetation for the greater 
part of the day. The most practicable way is for the 
sportsman to gain the summit of the cliff in such a place 
as to command a view of the valley in one of its wider 
parts, taking care to get there as quietly as possible. 
The beaters also ascend, but on the opposite side, 
and hurl huge stones over the precipice. These descend 
by leaps of hundreds of feet into the valley beneath, 
and startle the goats from their concealment, when they 
