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the neck was instantly fatal. On the hill 
above camp I shot a musk deer buck, and 
two cock monal. We moved on to an- 
other camp, where I bagged another fine 
goral, and my friend and I enjoyed a 
day among the crukore. 
We spent Christmas in camp, and thor- 
oughly enjoyed two days’ skating on a 
beautiful little lake, quite hidden away in 
the forest, at over 10,000 feet above sea 
level. A heavy fall of snow on Decem- 
ber 27th drove us down to our old camp 
at Goomur Tal, where, on New Year’s 
Day I had the good fortune to bag a 
fine sambur stag. The shikari and I 
were watching a forest glade, late in the 
evening, when a hind appeared from a 
ravine on our right and made her way 
cautiously across the glade, nibbling 
choice shoots as she proceeded. Pres- 
ently the stag came in sight, and in the 
jungle gloom his horns looked enormous. 
A shot from the .360 took him behind 
the shoulder at about 70 yards range, 
and he dashed off downhill. I was afraid 
I had missed, but the shikari declared 
the animal was hit. We soon found 
blood, and a hundred yards further down 
came upon the stag lying dead among a 
clump of oak bushes. His right antler 
measured 35 inches, and his left 34^2 ; 
a “heavy deer,” as they say in the West, 
in his prime. About the middle of Jan- 
uary, we returned to Blackmore’s house, 
and I tried very hard to obtain a shot at 
a surrow — a very shy animal, inhabiting 
gloomy ravines and precipitous gorges, 
and seldom seen in the open— the shikari 
and I disturbed one on a very steep, 
bush-covered spur of Budan, but we did 
not view it. 
There were two more heavy falls of 
snow, and one evening we came upon 
fairly fresh “pugs” of a tiger, which led 
o^er the main ridge and down the far 
side to where the snow had melted, and 
we lost the tracks. That evening the 
shikari and I returned to the bungalow 
long after dark. 
B EFORE leaving my friend’s place in 
February I shot another fine kakur 
buck, besides a number of pheasants, 
partridges, and three woodcock. I had 
experienced a most enjoyable time which 
I shall never forget. 
The natives I liked very much indeed ; 
the blanket-clad mountaineers of Garh- 
wal. They are a peaceful and indus- 
trious people, sturdy in build, fearless, 
and lead simple lives, if ever any folk 
do. The women are strong and active, 
and do hard work in the fields. The shi- 
karis and other men who accompanied 
ns into camp were splendid fellows. My 
friend told me that many men he knew 
had enlisted in the 39th Garhwalis, a very 
fine regiment which was raised between 
twenty and thirty years ago, and is bri- 
gaded with the Gurkhas. The natives of 
Garhwal are for the most part religious 
Hindus, and their wish is to be left alone, 
religiouslv and otherwise. The last T 
saw of the snows was from the pass 
above Ramgarh. T lingered for a few 
minutes to watch the splendid peaks, and 
then, another stride, and I saw them no 
more. A day later I was in the train 
again on my way to the Central Prov- 
inces where another friend promised me 
a chance at a tiger. 
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