Hunting at High Altitudes 



the Russian aide were much interested in Lang- 

 don's book on the British Mission to Tibet, as Fu 

 Chen had met Younghusband in Kashgar. He at 

 once recognized Younghusband's picture, and ex- 

 amined over and over again the illustrations of 

 the Sacred City of Lhasa. 



We had a good deal of trouble with our packs, 

 as the people had had no practice with the dif- 

 ferent shaped bundles, their principal experience 

 being in moving the yuartas from place to place, 

 and this they did very well, putting the frame- 

 work of the yuarta on one bullock and the felt 

 covering on another. The better packers used a 

 hitch not unlike the diamond, taking up the slack 

 from time to time with a short stick. With the 

 horses it was even worse, as the only pack saddles 

 to be found were made to fit the round backs of the 

 bullocks, and this caused the packs to slip badly. 

 As the bullocks do not sweat, their backs do not 

 gall as soon or as badly as the backs of the ponies. 



When we reached the Kok-Su, we turned south 

 into the mountains, the path winding up a small 

 stream until we left it to climb in the afternoon 

 to a tableland about 7,000 feet above sea level, 

 where we found the Kirghiz encamped in numbers, 

 with thousands of horses and tens of thousands of 

 sheep. These people live principally on mutton 



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