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proceed straight to the Baralacha Pass and thence begin 

 operations, travelling down slowly from the sources of 

 that stream as far as the angle at Shigri — a distance of, 

 say, fifty miles. Sheep-tracks will be found all along the 

 stream, but it will depend upon the time of the year 

 whether he can shoot along the ground on loth sides of 

 the river, as in many places it may not be fordable. 

 Proceeding down, he will have the whole of Tibet on his 

 left, — the Tso Morari lake about one hundred miles off as 

 the crow flies ; but he should not be tempted to make an 

 excursion in that direction : he should stick to the matter 

 in hand, and thoroughly explore the Lahoul mountains. 

 About fifteen miles above Shigri he will reach the 

 Chandradal, a lake just below the Kangzam Pass leading 

 into Spiti. At Shigri itself he will be confronted with the 

 well-known glacier of that name. All along his line of 

 march he will find ibex and, perhaps, barhal on his left, if 

 he can get off the beaten track a little, and if the time of 

 the year is favourable. At the end of his tramp, above 

 and below Shigri, he will meet brown bear. After turning 

 the corner, he will have Koksar, about twenty-five miles, 

 before him, under the Eotang and the Hamta Pass leading 

 into Kulii, on his left. Ibex and bear will be found on 

 the slopes. From Shigri to old Koksar is a well-known 

 shooting ground ; but it is so close to the main road that 

 it is pretty well shot over, especially by local sportsmen : 

 if this has been done lately, no time should be wasted 

 searching for game. 



The above is the longest shooting tour that can be made 

 in Lahoul : it is well worth trying. The other two sides 

 of the triangle are traversed by the commercial road to 

 Leh, and game has been driven away from it for years 

 past — that is to say, during the season open to the 

 sportsmen. The extent of the bag will depend a good deal 

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