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head with half a second horn were brought into camp. The chances are this 
was the last of the three big bucks that were “ a little further off,” but who 
knows what tricks may have been played by the shikaris. 
On another occasion three shootable Markhor and two small ones w'ere said to 
be in a ravine not far from camp. This was years later. One head of 51 inches 
was obtained and the rest left, for Markhor were scarcer than in 1881. 
Old Kamana was still going and came on the trip. His foot had healed at once, 
still it w’as probable he had experienced a great deal of pain, which he bore without 
a murmur. No account of Markhor shooting would be complete without mention- 
ing ‘ Kennard,’ who wintered in Baltistan and shot many Ibex and Markhor. A 
number of the Markhor were got on the Indus or rather just above the cliffs. 
Amongst the heads were some fine massive wide spreading specimens, but the 
measurements are not just now available. The late Mr. Kennard probably 
shot more of the Hill Gloats than any other European; for he had the cream of 
the sport in the days when ffrearms of precision were scarce on the frontier. 
He also shot in the winter season, for there were no game laws, few men thought 
of the future and the legion of sportsmen who now come to Kashmir. Two 
hundred was then the limit of the number of visitors who could visit Kashmir. 
Many of these two hundred never went outside the boundary of the Vale or 
even to the Wardwan and Soroo and it was often possible to shoot over the 
greater part of Ladak and Baltistan without meeting more than two or three 
other sportsmen. 
No. 350. The Tahr {Hemitragus jemlaicus.) 
Horns of Tahr (H. jemlaicus) 13J" (From the Society’s collection) 
The Kras or Jagla of Kashmir. 
The Kart in the country bordering on Chamba. 
The Jhula of the United Province hills, but this name is generally used 
to designate the old males. 
The Pir Panjal, Kishtwar-Dachan and the lower Wardwan hold many tahr. 
On page 509 in the volume on Mammals (Fauna of British India Series) there 
is a drawing of this thick set goat which however is very active in the precipice. 
The trophy is a poor one, unless set up with the long hair of the neck. The 
Thar is an e\il smelling beast, but one that gives grand sport to those who love 
scrambling amongst the rocky forests, where deodars grow, and w’here pheasants 
Can be met with. 
