Hunting In Many Lands 



Tibet in vast herds, quite as large and numer- 

 ous as those of yaks. 



The wild ass (called kulan or hulan in Mon- 

 gol) stands about twelve hands high, and is 

 invariably of a tan color, with a dark line run- 

 ning down the back, and white on the belly, 

 neck and feet. The tail is rather short, and 

 thinly covered with hair; the head is broad, 

 heavy, and too large for the body of the ani- 

 mal. It carries its head very high when in 

 motion, and when trotting its tail is nearly 

 erect. Its usual gait is a trot or a run. A 

 herd always moves in single file, a stallion 

 leading. As a rule, a stallion has a small 

 band of ten or twelve mares, which he herds 

 and guards with jealous care day and night. 

 Frequently these bands run together and form 

 herds of 500 or even of 1,000. 



One often meets solitary jackasses wander- 

 ing about ; they have been deprived of their 

 band of mares in a fight with some stronger 

 male. These have frequently proved most 

 troublesome to me; they would round up 

 and drive off my ponies — all of which were 

 mares — to add to the little nucleus of a band 

 they had hidden away in some lonely nook in 

 the hills. I have frequently had to lose days 



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