GAME AlS'lMALS OF KASHMIR. 
599 
Tian Shan Ibex. 
Measure- 
ments 
! 
1 
In- 
dex 
No. 
Length 
Girth 
Tip 
to 
Tip 
Name of Sportsman 
■ 
Date 
Locahty, etc. 
1 
59^ 
13^ 
52i 
P, F. Hadow, Esq. 
1907 
Tian Shan. 
2 
56| 
lOi 
CO 
P. F. Hadow, Esq. 
>> 
99 
3 
56 
Picked up in the Tagdum- 
bash and measured by 
two travellers. 
4 
53J 
lOf 
34 
P. F. Hadow, Esq. 
99 
99 
5 
53 
28| 
P. F. Hadow, Esq. 
99 
” 
To hark back to the hill side and records of sport. 
A flock of Ibex were seen on the right bank of a snow-fed stream which was 
for the time being a torrent. The flock was too far off to tell whether any bucks 
were about, hence the necessity to climb and get nearer . The ascent had to be 
made up a ravine which joined the main nver higher up ; the ridge was then 
crossed and the ground searched. Nothing was to be seen. A move was then 
made to the “ snowed stream’’ where behind some rocks breakfast and a rest 
were taken. 
Opposite and across the stream were precipitous rocks along which narrow 
uneven ledges passed along the face of the chff. 
Reading the newspapers and writing up the journal took off attention, but the 
local shikari was on the alert, and crawling up he whispered “Kheyl” ! On the 
narrow ledge were two bucks, which had come from opposite directions and 
were a close at hand. As they approached one another both stood stiff ; one or 
the other was bound to turn, for if they fought at any rate one would faff into the 
torrent below and be swept away. After a time the bigger of the two raised him- 
self on his hind legs for a second and then stood stiff ; this was too much for the 
other, he turned, keeping his horns outwards very cleverly and fled. The big one 
then slowly advanced, affording a very tempting shot, but he would have fallen 
down the cliff and would never have been retrieved in the torrent. 
It does not take long to write up the story, but on the vast hill side, it is a 
different matter. Descending was a long job. The ridges above the rocks had to 
be negotiated until the forest was reached, and a couple of small trees shoved 
across a narrow gorge. On the far side of the stream the modest camp was pitch- 
ed just before dark. At dawn a man was sent up and told to try and find the 
flock, or the two bucks ; there was almost certain to be a flock for it was stiff 
spring time. Obedient to orders the man re, turned directly he had sighted the 
Ibex, but the wind was wrong and there was no chance of an approach from 
below. Very early on the next day a move upwards was made, the ground above 
the cliffs was easy going and the Ibex were soon located. On a slope above the 
rocks, two were playing ; rising on their hind legs they made a great show of 
