Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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had our oatmeal with servants, but made out across the marsh to my mind the bigally just north of where we are camped. We have set out failed to see rockhens here this morning as we were shutting the windows I saw a farm jump out right under dash for the cover of the fence on the other side, I crawled in the grass she stepped just within the cover of the trees; it was a long shot at a very small animal but the first shot took his hind leg he ran only a few steps. At the second which tore thru his chest he went down for good. In continued hunting last and red then deer, skunk & rabbits capercailzie & got some blue herons in the marsh. Returned to camp & found the two single hunters waiting for us. After breakfast we packed our things and started off again. It is good to be away & leave camp servants comparative luxury behind us to go off to a real hunt & a life au naturel, we rode up the valley mountains which had hidden this a.m. I camped near its upper end. Just after our tent was up it began to rain & continued all day P.M. However we are as comfortable