A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



Bower says, in his book "Across Thibet": " Lots 

 of gazelle (goa) were to be seen about ; they are 

 infinitely more knowing than either antelope or 

 yak, and in the most out-of-the-way parts of Thibet 

 promptly made off on seeing the caravan as if 

 they were accustomed to being shot at regularly." 

 Again : " Shooting them is not nearly such easy 

 work as shooting antelope." 



Our camp was pitched on the eastern side of 





CAMP AT THE TSO-KAR YAKS FEEDING. 



the lake, at the foot of some brightly-coloured 

 spurs. The ground between us and the open 

 water is covered with a crust of white saline 

 deposit some half a mile in breadth, and this is 

 intersected by curious chasms and holes, some of 

 them of a considerable depth, which makes it 

 difficult to traverse. Round the outer edge of this 

 deposit is a stretch of boggy turf, brilliantly green 

 and covered with wild flowers, whilst the shores 



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