After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . orminghere and there small lakes and swamps. We spiedan immense side-corry to our left, but saw nothingbut rocks and snow. A little further I discovereda herd of female Ibex on the opposite side, probablythe same which Littledale had seen two days pre-viously, but no signs of males ; in fact, the placedid not in the least appeal to my imagination asbeing likely ground for sheep. There wrere norolling hills with suitable pastures, and, should wehave found game, it would have been a difficult jobto approach it. At a spot where a long gully camedown t
After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . orminghere and there small lakes and swamps. We spiedan immense side-corry to our left, but saw nothingbut rocks and snow. A little further I discovereda herd of female Ibex on the opposite side, probablythe same which Littledale had seen two days pre-viously, but no signs of males ; in fact, the placedid not in the least appeal to my imagination asbeing likely ground for sheep. There wrere norolling hills with suitable pastures, and, should wehave found game, it would have been a difficult jobto approach it. At a spot where a long gully camedown to the main valley I spied a large herd of sheep,apparently all ewes, far above us. Further on wecrossed a low divide, and followed down anotherstream for two or three miles till another herd camein sight some 800 yards in front of us, feeding downat the foot of the right slopes. My telescope soontold me that they too were ewes, together with whatseemed to me to be fair rams, though 1 was unableto distinguish them well owing to the bad A LARGE HERD OF SHEEP, APPARENTLY ALL EWES. AN UNSUCCESSFUL STALK 121 Taba thought they were worth approaching, so wedismounted, and began making our plans for thestalk. There was no question of continuing downthe valley towards them, there being no possiblehiding. The only way was to ascend a steep hillto our right, follow the ridge, and come down the
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