A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



amongst sportsmen, who, when they have discovered 

 good ground, will not divulge the fact to a soul. 

 This may be necessary in some cases, such as the 

 neighbourhood of a large cantonment where ground 

 is soon shot out, but I cannot see why, in an 

 ordinary case, if one is lucky enough to discover a 

 really good place, and has finished with it oneself, 

 one should not let the whole world know of it, of 

 course telling one's own friends first, so that they 



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may reap the advantage. I decided to accompany 

 H., one reason being that, had I chosen the northern 

 route, I should have had to own myself defeated by 

 the goa, as it was extremely improbable that I 

 should come across any of these animals north of 

 the Indus. It was lucky for me that I came to this 

 determination, as will afterwards be shown, and I 

 subsequently heard that all the parties who visited 

 the Thatoo-La ground during that season met with 



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