DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY 199 



(1) Gogrung (the most northerly), about twenty-eight 

 miles in length. Its side valleys on the left (as you go 

 up) are the most likely to contain game. If there are 

 any wild yaks in Gograng, they will be found in Longnak- 

 gongma, one of these side valleys, or the smaller ones 

 above. In the lower will be found Ovis ammon, barhal, 

 also antelope, on the slopes between the mouths of the 

 valleys and the course of the stream. The highest point 

 of the main valley, called Phu-Gograng, is blocked with 

 glaciers and debris, and holds no game, as no grass grows 

 there. The right of the Gograng stream, as you look up, 

 is bounded by an almost straight mountain range, pierced 

 by only one opening, by which the waters of Chang-lung- 

 gongma are drained into the Gograng stream. I would 

 here observe that there is a serious mistake in the G. T. 



Survey Map (Quarter sheet, No. -^] ^^ this point. The 



opening I have mentioned is not given ; the mountain 

 range being shown in one solid length, from the head of 

 the valley to Gogra. The mistake is misleading, as 

 Chang-hing-gongma is a long valley, and of some im- 

 portance — to sportsmen, at anyrate — because it generally 

 holds nyan and wild yak, when they are travelling to and 

 from Gograng. They cross over into Chang-lung-gongma, 

 and enter the former by the said opening. If the hunter 

 is in Gograng looking for yaks, he should keep a constant 

 watch on this gap. He will either find the animals them- 

 selves near it, or their tracks, if they have had time to 

 pass up into the upper part of the larger valley. 



(2) Changlung. {a) Kongma is the valley mentioned 

 above, for which no exit is allowed in the map ; it is 

 about fifteen miles in length, and narrow, and there is a 

 considerable stream. The slopes on the left bank, as you 

 go up, are grassy ; on the right, the mountain sides are 



