THE TIIRKK Lt-G(;EU HUCK. 
probably told it of tht: threatened danger, as it suddenly 
ceased feeding and walked oft^ and the other evening a 
crow settled on one of the horns of a Sam bur I was 
watching. 
On Saturday, 3rd March, 1870, I was up at dawn and 
went to the Big Hill ibex ground to sketch ; having fixed on 
a spot, I set to work sending Francis to look out, he presently 
came back and reported a herd of fifteen ibex on Big Hill ; 
he said that there was a buck amongst theni very lame, so 
I went up to have a look, and there was a buck hobbling 
along on three legs ; from the shadows I could not tell 
whether he was a saddle back, so I started for a stalk and if 
possible to bag the lame chap. We dodged round behind 
an opposite hill where we could get a good view, without 
disturbing them ; six of the herd were busy feeding, and 
for a long time I could not see the others, at last I spied 
them under a solitary tree, and there amongst them was a 
saddle back. I made sure he was the lame party and pretty 
sure he was the one I had wotmded at Christmas ; the only 
thing that bothered me was that he appeared to have only one 
horn, still I might not have noticed this defect on a former 
occasion. He was beautifully situated for a stalk, so I put on 
my goloshes ; whilst watching him, a doe came up and lay down 
alongside of him. I was afraid she would spoil my stalk, but 
the undulation of the ground enabled me to approach within 
a few yards, and when I raised my head there was the doe 
on the rock above looking out, but I was able to keep a tuft 
of scrub between her head and mine. I craned over to look 
for the buck, but he w*as not where we had last seen him ; a 
step forward and the doe was off the rock and 1 saw the saddle 
back making tracks with the rest about forty yards off. I 
