A shooting trip to Kamchatka . y ex-hausted, and found ourselves in sight of the tents atsix Camp was in a state of utter confusion ;after the previous days incessant rain there was nota single pack which had not been damped through,and everyone had hung up his belongings to dry : itreminded one of a gipsy encampment in the midst ofthe woods. My gillie had faithfully brought in theskin of the first bear, and we all eagerly awaitedLittledales arrival in order to know what might beexpected from our hrst hunting-ground. It was notlong before the familiar neighing of ponies, greetingtheir ret
A shooting trip to Kamchatka . y ex-hausted, and found ourselves in sight of the tents atsix Camp was in a state of utter confusion ;after the previous days incessant rain there was nota single pack which had not been damped through,and everyone had hung up his belongings to dry : itreminded one of a gipsy encampment in the midst ofthe woods. My gillie had faithfully brought in theskin of the first bear, and we all eagerly awaitedLittledales arrival in order to know what might beexpected from our hrst hunting-ground. It was notlong before the familiar neighing of ponies, greetingtheir returning comrades, announced his brought back four average heads of Ozis nivicola,of which the best one measured 34 inches by , and i88 A SHOOTING TRIP TO KAMCHATKA a laree bear skin. That days bao- thus amountedto four sheep and four bears. Littledale had comeacross the sheep on the higher ridges, where they hadprobably betaken themselves to seek comparative pro-tection from the mosquitoes. He had only spied the. OUR FIRST days BAG AT VERSHINA (IOUR SHEEP AND FOUR BEARs). four rams he had shot as well as a couple of ewes,and, though our success seemed promising, he did notthink that, with the exception of bears, game wasplentiful in the district. Moreover, he said that sheepin these parts, unaccustomed as they were to humanpresence, were too tame to afford sport, and would let WILD SHEEP 189 him come up to them in full view without attemptingto escape ; their ignorance of the rifle and curiosity atthe sight of unknown beings placed them entirely inhis power. I\Iy companion had failed to secure an-other bear at a long range on his way back to camp.
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