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in the alpine meadows
20. Lemming libs mice & 10
large oared Sprolemmus no
large rodents or shrews appear
to live here,
(14) Started at daybreak
with the 4 hunters & 6 dogs
to hunt sseron agoral.
We ascended the mountain
directly opposite camp &
than when at 13,00 feet
turned off and followed the
flanks of the mountain.
The dogs failed to bay any
agoral but eventually at
9 AM I saw a goeral coming
a meadow & disappearing into
a wooded ravine. This animal
was about 500 yds away so I
didn't shoot. It was not
not any great hurry but proceeded
by short bounds or lopes, stepping
at materials but showing no
nervousness. Went on with
one of the hunters but my dogs to
find the goeral but failed. As we
were searching another agoral