A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



ibex as I marched up the nalah to join him. 

 Starting later myself, I had proceeded some few 

 miles when we met the Balti who had been sent 

 back by Salia, who was exploring the western 

 slopes, with a message to advise me to encamp on 

 the nearest available ground, as he had seen game ; 

 also that he was some way off, and that I had 



IBEX GROUND. 



better wait below and not join him that day. 

 Although burning with impatience, I supposed that 

 he knew best and stopped below, and in the 

 evening he arrived and said that he had seen four 

 female ibex, but no males, and also, far up the 

 mountain, some oorin (Ovis vignei], I had not 



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