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and inside the legs. The head is large and ugly, 

 the mane hogged, and they are usually cat-hammed. 

 There is a great similarity between the South 

 African quaga and the kiang in general appear- 

 ance. We saw great numbers of these animals 

 during our wanderings in this part of the country, 

 but, our curiosity satisfied, we did not care to pull 

 trigger at them. 



Leaving the Choomarera lake we crossed the 

 Nakpo-konding Pass to Latok, near the Cheumo 

 salt lake, and here, whilst hunting over a bleak 

 and desolate-looking region we fell in with a 

 wandering tribe of Tartars who were returning 

 to their summer camp near the Pang-kung lake. 

 Their chief, a very intelligent man in his way, 

 gave us such excellent accounts of the game in 

 that part of the country, more especially as re- 

 garded the naheen, or ovis ammon (the largest 

 species known of wild sheep), that we determined 

 to explore it. We sent off the yaks with the 

 heavier portion of the baggage under charge of 

 some of our people to Ladak, by the Tungrung 

 Pass (18,100 feet), whilst we accompanied the 



